materialize
[ muh-teer-ee-uh-lahyz ]
/ məˈtɪər i əˌlaɪz /
verb (used without object), ma·te·ri·al·ized, ma·te·ri·al·iz·ing.
to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
to assume material or bodily form; become corporeal: The ghost materialized before Hamlet.
verb (used with object), ma·te·ri·al·ized, ma·te·ri·al·iz·ing.
to give material form to; realize: to materialize an ambition.
to invest with material attributes: to materialize abstract ideas with metaphors.
to make physically perceptible; cause (a spirit or the like) to appear in bodily form.
to render materialistic.
Also
especially British,
ma·te·ri·al·ise.
OTHER WORDS FROM materialize
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British Dictionary definitions for materialise
materialize
materialise
/ (məˈtɪərɪəˌlaɪz) /
verb
(intr)
to become fact; actually happen
our hopes never materialized
to invest or become invested with a physical shape or form
to cause (a spirit, as of a dead person) to appear in material form or (of a spirit) to appear in such form
(intr)
to take shape; become tangible
after hours of discussion, the project finally began to materialize
physics
to form (material particles) from energy, as in pair production