materialization

Variant of materialize

materialize definition

ma·teri·al·ize (mə tir′ē əl īz′)

transitive verb materialized -·ized′, materializing -·iz′·ing

  1. to give material form or characteristics to; represent in material form
  2. to make (a spirit, etc.) appear in bodily form
  3. to make materialistic

intransitive verb

  1. to become fact; develop into something real or tangible; be realized a plan that never materialized
  2. to take on, or appear in, bodily form: said of spirits, etc.
  3. to appear suddenly or unexpectedly

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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