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See also:Material,materiál,andmateriał

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishmaterial, fromLate Latinmāteriālis, fromLatinmāteria(“wood, material, substance”), frommāter(“mother”). Displaced nativeMiddle Englishandweorc, andwork(“material, matter”) (fromOld Englishandweorc(“matter, substance, material”)).Doublet ofmateriel.

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material (comparativemorematerial,superlativemostmaterial)

  1. Of, relating to, or consisting ofmatter, especiallyphysical.
    This compound has a number of interestingmaterial properties.
  2. Of, relating to, or affectingphysicalwell-being;corporeal;bodily.
    Antonym:spiritual
    material needs
  3. (logic) Of or relating to thematter ofreasoning, as distinguished from theform of it, especiallyempirical.
    material cause
    thematerial aspect of being
  4. (especially law) Having realimportance or greatconsequences;significant;substantial.
    Antonym:immaterial
    found amaterial difference between two things
    You've made severalmaterial contributions to this project.
    This is the mostmaterial fact in this lawsuit.
  5. Relating to or concerned with what is purelyphysical rather thanintellectual orspiritual, especially excessively so;materialistic.
    thematerial world
    interested only inmaterial progress
    Don't letmaterial concerns get in the way of living a happy life.
    • 1984,Peter Brown and Robert Rans, “Material Girl”, inLike a Virgin‎[1], performed byMadonna:
      'Cause we are living in amaterial world / And I am amaterial girl / You know that we are living in amaterial world / And I am amaterial girl
  6. (obsolete) Full ofsubstance or otherwisemeaning.
    Synonyms:bulky,massive,solid,meaty
  7. (obsolete) In animportant degree.

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related to matter
worldly
significant

Noun

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material (countable anduncountable,pluralmaterials)

  2. A basicmatter (asmetal,wood,plastic,fiber, etc.) from which thewhole or thegreater part of somethingphysical (as amachine,tool,building,fabric, etc.) is made.
    Synonym:raw material
    Asphalt, composed of oil and sand, is a widely usedmaterial for roads.
    • 1820,Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature‎[2], 6th edition, volume20, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, page501:
      In trumpets for assisting the hearing, all reverbation of the trumpet must be avoided. It must be made thick, of the least elasticmaterials, and covered with cloth externally. For all reverbation lasts for a short time, and produces new sounds which mix with those which are coming in.
    • 2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, inAmerican Scientist, volume100, number 2, page128:
      Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gemmaterials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
  4. (sometimes collective, preceded by a qualifying word) A person, orpeople collectively, who arequalified orsuited for a certainposition oractivity.
    boy/girlfriendmaterial
    marriagematerial
    We have lots of presidentialmaterial in various public offices.
    • 2021 November 20, Alex Williams, “To Breed or Not to Breed?”, inThe New York Times‎[3],→ISSN:
      Before she married her husband, Kiersten Little considered him ideal fathermaterial.
  6. (usually plural)Apparatus for doing or making something.
    • 2013 June 14,Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted]”, inThe Guardian Weekly‎[4], volume189, number 1, page18:
      Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such privatematerial is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.
  7. Something (asdata,observations,perceptions orideas) that may beincorporated,elaborated or otherwisereworked into a finished form or new form, or may serve as thebasis for arriving atinterpretations,judgments orconclusions.
    teachingmaterials
    We were a warm-up act at the time; we didn't have enough originalmaterial to headline.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster,The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.:Field Museum of Natural History,→ISBN, page vii:
      With freshmaterial, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that thematerial examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbariummaterial does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]
  9. Cloth to be made into agarment;wovenfabric.
    a piece ofmaterial
    You'll need about a yard ofmaterial to make this.
    • 1977,Agatha Christie,An Autobiography, part II, London:Collins,→ISBN, page 4:
      Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both inmaterial and in workmanship.
  10. Theelements,constituents orsubstance of which somethingphysical ornon-physical composed of or can be made of.
    The solidmaterials of the mixture will settle to the bottom of the container.
    Thematerial of his character was basically good.
    • 1642, Daniel Rogers […],Naaman the Syrian, his Disease and Cvre, London: Th. Harper for Philip Nevil,unnumbered page:
      […] I beleeve that as they ſay of thematerialls of the world, they would ſoone diſolve if the ſoule of it were taken away[…]
    • 2013 July-August,Stephen P. Lownie,David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, inAmerican Scientist:
      As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fattymaterial with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.
  11. (graphical user interface) An element of adesign language associated with a certain style of rendering on the display.
  12. (chess) All of aplayer'spieces andpawns on thechessboard, excluding theking.
  13. (Ireland, now rare) The ingredients for makingwhiskypunch.
    Synonym:matts
  14. (rare) Themateriel of an army.
  15. (obsolete) Things that arematerial.

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matter
text
sample or specimens for study
cloth
people suited for an activity
related data of various kinds collected as the basis for a document or book
substance of which something composed of or can be made of
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Verb

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material (third-person singular simple presentmaterials,present participle(US)materialingor(UK)materialling,simple past and past participle(US)materialedor(UK)materialled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) Toform frommatter; tomaterialize.
    • 1642, [Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, inReligio Medici, London: […] Andrew Crooke,→OCLC:
      I believe that the whole frame of a beast doth perish, and is left in the same state after death as before it wasmaterialled unto life.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinmateriālis.

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Adjective

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material m orf (masculine and feminine pluralmaterials)

  1. material(clarification of this definition is needed.)

Noun

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material m (pluralmaterials)

  1. material(clarification of this definition is needed.)

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Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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FromLatinmaterialis.

Noun

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material

  1. material

Declension

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Declension ofmaterial
nominativematerial
genitivematerialnıñ
dativematerialğa
accusativematerialnı
locativematerialda
ablativematerialdan

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  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002),Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[5], Simferopol: Dolya,→ISBN

Galician

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Noun

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material m (pluralmateriais)

  1. material

Indonesian

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Etymology

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FromDutchmateriaal.Doublet ofmateriel.

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Noun

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matérial (pluralmaterial-material)

  1. material(matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something)

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Middle English

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Etymology

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FromLatinmāteriālis; equivalent tomatere +‎-al.

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  • IPA(key): /matɛriˈaːl/,/maːtɛriˈaːl/,/maˈtɛːrial/,/matɛriˈɛːl/,/maˈtɛːriɛl/

Adjective

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material (plural and weak singularmateriale)

  1. Extant in matter or having physical form;material.
  2. Notsupernatural orspiritual;regular,conventional,worldly.
  3. Being thephysicalattributes orproperties of a thing.
  4. Affecting or modifying physicalmatter orattributes.
  5. (rare)Prominent,significant.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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FromLate Latinmateriale.

Noun

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material n (definite singularmaterialet,indefinite pluralmaterialormaterialer,definite pluralmaterialaormaterialene)

  1. alternative form ofmateriale

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLate Latinmāteriālis, fromLatinmāteria(“wood, material, substance”), frommāter(“mother”). Bysurface analysis,matéria +‎-al.

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  • (Brazil)IPA(key): /ma.te.ɾiˈaw/[ma.te.ɾɪˈaʊ̯],(faster pronunciation)/ma.teˈɾjaw/[ma.teˈɾjaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal)IPA(key): /mɐ.tɨˈɾjal/[mɐ.tɨˈɾjaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal)IPA(key): /mɐ.tɨˈɾja.li/

Noun

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material m (pluralmateriais)

  1. material;stuff(the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)
  2. material(sample or specimens for study)
    1. footage(amount of film produced)
    2. (education) resources used in class
      • 2010, Luiz Artur Ferrareto, Luciano Klöckner,E o rádio?: novos horizontes midiáticos, EDIPUCRS,→ISBN,page130:
        Os equipamentos utilizados (notebook, mesa de som, aparelhomini system - caixa de retorno, microfones e gravadores) eram escassos e insuficientes pois muitomaterial licitado pela Instituição ainda não havia chegado. Somente no segundo semestre de 2008 pode se contar com um computador exclusivo para as aulas de rádio, no qual foram instaladossoftware de programas de captação e edição de áudio.
        (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
  3. tackle;supplies;gear;rig(objects collected for use in a particular activity)
    material escolar ―schoolsupplies
    material de pesca ―fishinggear

Adjective

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material m orf (pluralmateriais)

  1. (chemistry)material(relating to or composed of matter)
  2. (religion)material;worldly(relating to physical rather than spiritual matters)
    Synonym:terreno
  3. (of a person, derogatory)materialistic;consumeristic(obsessed with consumer goods)
    Synonyms:materialista,consumista

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchmatériel, fromLatinmaterialis. Bysurface analysis,materie +‎-al.

Noun

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material n (pluralmateriali)

  1. material

Declension

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Declension ofmaterial
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativematerialmaterialulmaterialimaterialile
genitive-dativematerialmaterialuluimaterialimaterialilor
vocativematerialulematerialilor

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material m orn (feminine singularmaterială,masculine pluralmateriali,feminine and neuter pluralmateriale)

  1. material

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Declension ofmaterial
singularplural
masculineneuterfemininemasculineneuterfeminine
nominative-
accusative		indefinitematerialmaterialămaterialimateriale
definitematerialulmaterialamaterialiimaterialele
genitive-
dative		indefinitematerialmaterialematerialimateriale
definitematerialuluimaterialeimaterialilormaterialelor

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLate Latinmāteriālis.

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  • IPA(key): /mateˈɾjal/[ma.t̪eˈɾjal]
  • Rhymes:-al
  • Syllabification:ma‧te‧rial

Adjective

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material m orf (masculine and feminine pluralmateriales)

  1. material

Noun

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material m (pluralmateriales)

  1. material

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Swedish

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Noun

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material n

  1. amaterial
  2. amatter, asubject (of study)

Declension

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Declension ofmaterial
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitematerialmaterials
definitematerialetmaterialets
pluralindefinitematerialmaterials
definitematerialenmaterialens

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