material

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/məˈtɪə.ɹi.əl/]

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1. material (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.

Example: This compound has a number of interesting material properties.

2. material (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Of, relating to, or affecting physical well-being; corporeal; bodily.

Example: material needs

3. material (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, as distinguished from the form of it, especially empirical.

Example: material cause

4. material (noun) — sense 4

Definition: A basic matter (as metal, wood, plastic, fiber, etc.) from which the whole or the greater part of something physical (as a machine, tool, building, fabric, etc.) is made.

Example: Asphalt, composed of oil and sand, is a widely used material for roads.

5. material (noun) — sense 5

Definition: A person, or people collectively, who are qualified or suited for a certain position or activity.

Example: boy/girlfriend material

6. material (noun) — sense 6

Definition: Apparatus for doing or making something.

Example: 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.

7. material (verb) — sense 7

Definition: To form from matter; to materialize.

Example: 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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