materialize

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.

2. 2

   To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere.

   • a spirit form, temporarily materialized, and undistinguishable from a human being in the flesh, has come forth in the light[…]
   • Don’t you find, that things fail to materialize? Nothing materializes! Everything withers in the bud.
   • Perhaps every five minutes each person ceases to exist and is fissed, with one descendant instantly replacing the original and the other materializing on a twin Earth somewhere […]
3. 3

   To become real (of a plan, idea, etc.)

   To become real (of a plan, idea, etc.); to come to fruition.

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   1. 4

      To regard as matter

      To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.

   2. 5

      To perform materialization

      To perform materialization; to save the results of a database query as a temporary table or materialized view.

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