WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ma•te•ri•al•ize /məˈtɪriəˌlaɪz/USA pronunciation
v. [no object], -ized, -iz•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- to become real:Our ideas never materialized.
- to assume material form:materialized suddenly out of thin air.
ma•te•ri•al•ize
(mə tēr′ē ə līz′),USA pronunciation v., -ized, -iz•ing.
v.i.
v.t.
ma•te′ri•al•i•za′tion, n.
ma•te′ri•al•iz′er, n.
v.i.
- to come into perceptible existence;
appear;
become actual or real;
be realized or carried out:Our plans never materialized. - to assume material or bodily form;
become corporeal:The ghost materialized before Hamlet.
v.t.
- to give material form to;
realize:to materialize an ambition. - to invest with material attributes:to materialize abstract ideas with metaphors.
- to make physically perceptible;
cause (a spirit or the like) to appear in bodily form. - to render materialistic.
- material + -ize 1700–10
ma•te′ri•al•iz′er, n.
- 1. . emerge, show, rise, issue.
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