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materialize

  • /məˈtɪɹiəlaɪz/

verb materializes · materializing · materialized · materialise

  1. British, English, Oxford, US, transitive To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.

    Similar: incorporate

  2. British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere. a spirit form, temporarily materialized, and undistinguishable from a human being in the flesh, has come forth in the light[…]
  3. British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive To become real (of a plan, idea, etc.); to come to fruition.
  4. British, English, Oxford, US, transitive To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.
  5. British, English, Oxford, US, transitive To perform materialization; to save the results of a database query as a temporary table or materialized view.

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Closest in meaning: happen, concretize, embody, actualize, realize, operationalize, appear, verification, occur, fulfill, emerge, fulfilment, accomplish, accrue, achieve, attain

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verb to cause to take physical form or to appear

Españolmaterializar
日本語現れる arawareru, 現る arawaru
Portuguêsmaterializar
Françaismatérialiser
Deutschmaterialisieren
العربيةجَسَّدَ jassada

verb to take physical form or to appear seemingly from nowhere

Españolmaterializarse
Portuguêsmaterializar
Deutschsich materialisieren
Русскийматериализоваться materializovatʹsja
العربيةتَجَسَّدَ tajassada

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@misc{materialize_2026,
  title = {materialize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/materialize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}