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MATERIALIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they materialize ... he / she / it materializes
Past simple: materialized
Past participle: materialized
-ing form: materializing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Come into being; become reality
Example:
Her dream really materialized
Synonyms:
happen; materialise; materialize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "materialize" is one way to...):
come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "materialize"):
appear; come out (be issued or published)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Antonym:
dematerialize (become immaterial; disappear)
Derivation:
materialization (something that comes into existence as a result)
materialization (an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit))
materialization (the process of coming into being; becoming reality)
Context examples:
While many people have goals of losing a few pounds and becoming lean, fit, and strong, you are one of the only signs that actually can make your fitness goals materialize because you have the right planets behind you to help you achieve your goal.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I also loved that Uranus was in an ideal angle to the Sun and new moon to a precise degree, indicating that if you needed money to follow a dearly wished-for plan, the funds would somehow magically materialize so that you could get started.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
