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material
/mə'tiriəl/
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Definitions of material
  1. noun
    artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
    "she measured off enough material for a dress"

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    cloth fabric textile
    type of:
    artifact artefact
  2. adjective
    having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary

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    real substantial
  3. adjective
    having material or physical form or substance

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    corporeal embodied incarnate reincarnate bodied bodily corporal corporate
  4. noun
    the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
    "coal is a hard black material"

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    stuff
    type of:
    substance
  5. noun
    a person judged suitable for admission or employment
    "he was university material" "she was vice-presidential material"
    type of:
    applicant applier
  6. 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"

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    physical
  7. adjective
    concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
    "material possessions" "material wealth" "material comforts"

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    secular worldly temporal
  8. adjective
    derived from or composed of matter
    "the material universe"

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    physical
    Opposite:
    immaterial
  9. 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"

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    crucial
    Opposite:
    immaterial
  10. 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"
    type of:
    info information
  11. noun
    things needed for doing or making something
    "writing materials" "useful teaching materials"
    type of:
    equipment
Examples of material
  • "she measured off enough material for a dress"
  • "coal is a hard black material"
  • "he was university material"
  • "she was vice-presidential material"
  • "material needs"
  • "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens"
  • "material possessions"
  • "material wealth"
  • "material comforts"
  • "the material universe"
  • "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"
  • "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography"
  • "writing materials"
  • "useful teaching materials"
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