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MATERIALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does materialize mean? 

MATERIALIZE (verb)
  The verb MATERIALIZE has 1 sense:

1. come into being; become realityplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MATERIALIZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they materialize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it materializes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: materialized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: materialized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: materializing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Come into being; become reality

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

happen; materialise; materialize

Context example:

Her dream really materialized

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

come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "materialize"):

appear; come out (be issued or published)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Antonym:

dematerialize (become immaterial; disappear)

Derivation:

materialization (something that comes into existence as a result)

materialization (an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit))

materialization (the process of coming into being; becoming reality)


 Context examples 


This is all very good news, for a big check could materialize or you might pay someone you owe and feel good about getting that done.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If the new red nova does materialize, it will be visible in Cygnus in the prominent formation called the Northern Cross.

(Star Explosion Could Change Night Sky, VOA News)

The year 2020 has promised you a rich emotional life, and you will now start to see those possibilities materialize.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Your new friends will bring you to the next level, showing you ways you can materialize a dream dear to your heart that you aren’t quite sure how to tackle.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You will find it gratifying to see those profits because you were never quite sure they’d materialize—they will, and you deserve them.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The year 2020 will likely be your landmark year when many of the goals you had long hoped to materialize will come true.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you need money, it will materialize, dear Libra.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

At this time, you will be moved and greatly touched emotionally to see it materialize.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This is also the house of hopes and wishes, so something you’ve dearly desired for a long time could materialize this year, possibly this month.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

That alignment of the Sun and your ruling planet, Jupiter, on December 27 will spread its light over this eclipse. (When your ruler is involved, it means it has more weight and meaning for you than those of other signs.) Almost all new moon eclipses open a new path—in this case, a steady, secure source of income may now materialize for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



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