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DEMATERIALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dematerialize mean? 

DEMATERIALIZE (verb)
  The verb DEMATERIALIZE has 1 sense:

1. become immaterial; disappearplay

  Familiarity information: DEMATERIALIZE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEMATERIALIZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they dematerialize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it dematerializes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: dematerialized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: dematerialized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: dematerializing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Become immaterial; disappear

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

dematerialise; dematerialize

Hypernyms (to "dematerialize" is one way to...):

disappear; go away; vanish (become invisible or unnoticeable)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Antonym:

materialize (come into being; become reality)


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