materialize

//məˈtɪəriəlaɪz//
B2Frequency Level 11Neutral
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Verb

materializeInfinitive
materializePresent tense
materializedPast tense
materializedPast participle
materializingPresent participle
materializesThird-person singular
1

To become actual fact; to happen or come into being.

Our plans to expand the business never materialized.

2

To appear suddenly or unexpectedly, as if from nowhere.

A cat materialized out of the shadows and startled me.

3

To cause something to become real or actual; to bring into existence.

The architect worked hard to materialize her vision for the new building.

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