materialize Definition
ma·teri·al·ize (mə tir′ē əl īz′)
transitive verb -·ized′, -·iz′·ing
- to give material form or characteristics to; represent in material form
- to make (a spirit, etc.) appear in bodily form
- to make materialistic
intransitive verb
- to become fact; develop into something real or tangible; be realized a plan that never materialized
- to take on, or appear in, bodily form: said of spirits, etc.
- to appear suddenly or unexpectedly
materialize Related Forms
materialize Synonyms
materialize
v.
materialize Usage Examples
Object
- view: We can further have second level materialized views at various branch offices in each country which are based on their country materialized view.
- site: A materialized view site can only updates its master site.
- spirit: Only the fire of love has the power to penetrate through the darkness of the human version of materialized spirit.
- thought: He conceded that " there is a tendency in the use of machinery to materialize the thoughts " .
- tuple: Case 1 in Figure 4.6 shows a join between two tables that produces the correct materialized tuple for an S user.
- object: They helped Blavatsky to materialize objects from space and perform other miracles.
Adjective complement
due: In certain hair loss pattern, surgical hair transplants can never materialize due to the lack of natural hair from the individual donor.
Modifying Another Word
- suddenly: At a much lower level, a large rectangular object suddenly materialized.
- never: Thus, with the same old familiar faces marching in the streets, the projected People's uprising never materialized.
- fully: He said for example: " If we wait for threats to fully materialize, we will have waited too long.
- actually: Only half the jobs expected to be created actually materialized.
- then: If the money does materialize then the next challenge is to ensure it gets to the right people in the right form.
- not: Enlarge Image In the early months of the war the expected air attacks did not materialize.
Used with why or when
when: On 25 May, the threatened attack materialized when a mob of about nine hundred colliers and weavers entered the city.
Present participle complement
leave: Copy of the which only put materialize leaving her the crown odyssey.
Preposition: in
front: A sort of lip materializes in front of the Cyclidium, and the little swimmer is smoothly and swiftly sucked inside.
Preposition: under
napkin: A strange solid form materializes under an ungimmicked cloth napkin, and then just mysteriously melts away.
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