material English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Having to do with matter; consisting of matter.
- This compound has a number of interesting material properties.
* Whewell
- the material elements of the universe
Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.
- Don't let material concerns get in the way of living a happy life.
Significant.
- You've made several material contributions to this project.
- This is the most material fact in this lawsuit.
* Evelyn
- discourse, which was always material , never trifling
* John Locke
- I shall, in the account of simple ideas, set down only such as are most material to our present purpose.
Antonyms
* (wordly) spiritual
* (significant) immaterial
Derived terms
* material breach
* material cause
* material girl
* material world
Noun
( wikipedia material)
( en noun)
(senseid)Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
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* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03, author=Lee A. Groat, volume=100, issue=2, page=128
, magazine=( American Scientist)
, title= Gemstones
, passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)}}
(senseid)Text written for a specific purpose.
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(senseid)A sample or specimens for study.
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- With fresh material', taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the '''material''' examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium ' material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
(senseid)Cloth to be made into a garment.
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- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
(senseid)A person who is qualified for a certain position or activity.
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(senseid)Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)
, volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=( The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Obama's once hip brand is now tainted
, passage=Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.}}
The substance that something is made or composed of.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Stephen P. Lownie], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/david-m-pelz David M. Pelz
, magazine=( American Scientist), title= Stents to Prevent Stroke
, passage=As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.}}
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* materialism
* materialist
* material culture
* material science
* materials science
* postmaterialism
* postmaterialist
* raw material
Related terms
* matter
See also
* materiel
Verb
( materiall)
(obsolete) To form from matter; to materialize.
* Sir Thomas Browne
- I believe that the whole frame of a beast doth perish, and is left in the same state after death as before it was materialled unto life.
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