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materialize.

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

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/məˈtɪɹiəlaɪz/
  1. To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.

    British · English · Oxford · US · transitive
  2. To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere.

    British · English · Oxford · US · intransitive
  3. To become real (of a plan, idea, etc.); to come to fruition.

    British · English · Oxford · US · intransitive
  4. To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.

    British · English · Oxford · US · transitive
  5. To perform materialization; to save the results of a database query as a temporary table or materialized view.

    British · English · Oxford · US · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English material Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English materialize From material + -ize.

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