materialize
pronunciation
How to pronounce materialize in British English:
UK [məˈtɪəriəlaɪz]
How to pronounce materialize in American English:
US [məˈtɪriəlaɪz]
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- Verb:
- come into being; become reality
Word Origin
- materialize (v.)
- 1710, "represent as material," from material (adj.) + -ize. Meaning âappear in bodily formâ is 1880, in spiritualism. Related: Materialized; materializing.
Example
- 1. And technology and legal reform may be able to help all these plans materialize .
- 2. If a new tenant doesn 't materialize , criminals sometimes do .
- 3. Since 2000 , he has founded three political parties to compete with the ruling united russia party , though the third has yet to materialize since he announced its creation in 2008 .
- 4. Financial markets may still react in an orderly way to such an outcome , if the risks of a hard landing or an inflationary spiral do not materialize .
- 5. Assuming that a recovery does not materialize this year , the european model of flexicurity will face three overlapping threats .