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MATERIALISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does materialisation mean? 

MATERIALISATION (noun)
  The noun MATERIALISATION has 3 senses:

1. the process of coming into being; becoming realityplay

2. an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)play

3. something that comes into existence as a resultplay

  Familiarity information: MATERIALISATION used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


MATERIALISATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of coming into being; becoming reality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

materialisation; materialization

Context example:

the materialization of her dream

Hypernyms ("materialisation" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

Derivation:

materialise (come into being; become reality)


Sense 2

Meaning:

An appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

manifestation; materialisation; materialization

Hypernyms ("materialisation" is a kind of...):

appearance (the event of coming into sight)

Derivation:

materialise (come into being; become reality)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Something that comes into existence as a result

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

materialisation; materialization; offspring

Context example:

this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts

Hypernyms ("materialisation" is a kind of...):

consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)

Derivation:

materialise (come into being; become reality)


 Context examples 


Nor in materialisation.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)



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