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MATERIAL
substantial, real, material
(adjective) having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; “the substantial world”; “a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical”; “The wind was violent and felt substantial enough to lean against”
material
(adjective) derived from or composed of matter; “the material universe”
corporeal, material
(adjective) having material or physical form or substance; “that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible” - Benjamin Jowett
material
(adjective) directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; “his support made a material difference”; “evidence material to the issue at hand”; “facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts”; “a material witness”
material
(adjective) concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; “material needs”; “the moral and material welfare of all good citizens”- T.Roosevelt
material
(adjective) concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests; “material possessions”; “material wealth”; “material comforts”
fabric, cloth, material, textile
(noun) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; “the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent”; “woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC”; “she measured off enough material for a dress”
material
(noun) things needed for doing or making something; “writing materials”; “useful teaching materials”
material
(noun) information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form; “the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography”
material
(noun) a person judged suitable for admission or employment; “he was university material”; “she was vice-presidential material”
material, stuff
(noun) the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; “coal is a hard black material”; “wheat is the stuff they use to make bread”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
material (comparative more material, superlative most material)
Having to do with matter; consisting of matter.
Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.
Antonym: spiritual
(law, accounting) Significant.
Antonym: immaterial
Synonyms
• (related to matter): See also substantial
• (worldly): mundane
• (significant): See also pertinent
Noun
material (countable and uncountable, plural materials)
Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
Text written for a specific purpose.
A sample or specimens for study.
Cloth to be made into a garment. Fabric.
The people collectively who are qualified for a certain position or activity.
Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.
The substance that something is made or composed of.
(chess) All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard.
Usage notes
• Sense 4 ("cloth" or "fabric") rather awkwardly uses material to refer to a holonym (or subgroup, or, in this case, a more specific iteration) of itself. "Fabric" or "cloth" are more specific (or put another way, less vague) choices of word than "material" when referring to a textile.
Synonyms
• See also material
Verb
material (third-person singular simple present materials, present participle materialling, simple past and past participle materialled)
(obsolete, transitive) To form from matter; to materialize.
Anagrams
• Armalite
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*te"ri*al, a. Etym: [L. materialis, fr. materia stuff, matter: cf. F. matériel. See Matter, and cf. MatÉriel.]
1. Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies. The material elements of the universe. Whewell.
2. Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts.
3. Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important. Discourse, which was always material, never trifling. Evelyn. I shall, in the account of simple ideas, set down only such as are most material to our present purpose. Locke.
4. (Logic.)
Definition: Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter. Material cause. See under Cause.
– Material evidence (Law), evidence which conduces to the proof or disproof of a relevant hypothesis. Wharton.
Syn.
– Corporeal; bodily; important; weighty; momentous; essential.
Ma*te"ri*al, n.
Definition: The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made. Raw material, any crude, unfinished, or elementary materials that are adapted to use only by processes of skilled labor. Cotton, wool, ore, logs, etc., are raw material.
Ma*te"ri*al, v. t.
Definition: To form from matter; to materialize. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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