materialize — is first recorded in 1710 and its first meaning was transitive (with an object): to materialize an idea was to realize it and to materialize a spirit was to make the spirit appear. Its intransitive use, now more familiar, dates from the late 19c … Modern English usage
materialize — (also materialise) ► VERB 1) become actual fact; happen. 2) appear in bodily form. DERIVATIVES materialization noun … English terms dictionary
materialise — (Brit.) v. realize; appear suddenly; become reality, become real; cause to appear, produce; regard as matter (also materialize) … English contemporary dictionary
materialize — materialization, n. materializer, n. /meuh tear ee euh luyz /, v., materialized, materializing. v.i. 1. to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized. 2. to assume… … Universalium
materialize — [[t]mətɪ͟əriəlaɪz[/t]] materializes, materializing, materialized (in BRIT, also use materialise) 1) VERB: usu with brd neg If a possible or expected event does not materialize, it does not happen. A rebellion by radicals failed to materialize...… … English dictionary
materialise — verb come into being; become reality Her dream really materialized • Syn: ↑happen, ↑materialize • Ant: ↑dematerialise, ↑dematerialize (for: ↑materialize) … Useful english dictionary
materialize — ma|te|ri|al|ize also materialise BrE [məˈtıəriəlaız US ˈtır ] v 1.) to happen or appear in the way that you expected ▪ Problems were expected, but they never materialized. ▪ The money we had been promised failed to materialize . 2.) to appear in… … Dictionary of contemporary English
materialize — or materialise verb 1》 become actual fact; happen. ↘appear or be present: the train failed to materialize. 2》 (of a ghost or spirit) appear in bodily form. Derivatives materialization noun … English new terms dictionary
materialise — British variant of materialize … New Collegiate Dictionary
materialise — [[t]mətɪ͟əriəlaɪz[/t]] see materialize … English dictionary
materialise — UK [məˈtɪərɪəlaɪz] / US [məˈtɪrɪəˌlaɪz] materialize … English dictionary