Materialize
verb
To appear suddenly or out of nowhere.
A waiter seemed to materialize from nowhere with a tray of drinks.
verb
To become real or actual; especially after being imagined or planned.
Her dream of becoming a professional singer never materialized.
verb
To cause something to exist as a physical object.
The machine is able to materialize a physical object from a digital model.
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Technical
verb
To invest or express something in material form.
He materialized his affection towards her with a gold necklace.
verb
To come into perceptible existence; appear.
The ghost suddenly materialized in front of them.
verb
To appear suddenly or out of nowhere.
A waiter seemed to materialize from nowhere with a tray of drinks.
verb
To become real or actual; especially after being imagined or planned.
Her dream of becoming a professional singer never materialized.
verb
To cause something to exist as a physical object.
The machine is able to materialize a physical object from a digital model.
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To invest or express something in material form.
He materialized his affection towards her with a gold necklace.
verb
To come into perceptible existence; appear.
The ghost suddenly materialized in front of them.
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Pro Tip 1/3Unexpected Appearance
Use 'materialize' to describe someone or something appearing suddenly, in a surprising way.
As we pondered our lost map, a guide materialized beside us.
Pro Tip 2/3Mysterious Connotations
'Materialize' often implies a mysterious or magical arrival, not just a simple entrance.
In the middle of the séance, a ghostly figure materialized.
Pro Tip 3/3Instantaneous Action
'Materialize' implies a quick or instant event, not a gradual process.
As if by magic, the street performer materialized a bouquet of flowers.
Pro Tip 1/3Unexpected Appearance
Use 'materialize' to describe someone or something appearing suddenly, in a surprising way.
As we pondered our lost map, a guide materialized beside us.
Pro Tip 2/3Mysterious Connotations
'Materialize' often implies a mysterious or magical arrival, not just a simple entrance.
In the middle of the séance, a ghostly figure materialized.
Pro Tip 3/3Instantaneous Action
'Materialize' implies a quick or instant event, not a gradual process.
As if by magic, the street performer materialized a bouquet of flowers.
Pro Tip 1/3Unexpected Appearance
Use 'materialize' to describe someone or something appearing suddenly, in a surprising way.
As we pondered our lost map, a guide materialized beside us.
Pro Tip 2/3Mysterious Connotations
'Materialize' often implies a mysterious or magical arrival, not just a simple entrance.
In the middle of the séance, a ghostly figure materialized.
Pro Tip 3/3Instantaneous Action
'Materialize' implies a quick or instant event, not a gradual process.
As if by magic, the street performer materialized a bouquet of flowers.
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Let's talk about sex -...
For me, it was easy. All I really needed was someone to reassure me that somehow I was a normal part of the universe. But I didn't feel like I could talk to anyone. And yet weirdly, I fully expected a time traveler to materialize at any time because I was a geek. I didn't know if it would be my unborn son
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The reality constructed...
a miracle in the idea of life it is this that we are able to exist for a time in defiance of care later you often forget how I say everything was how the tickets almost didn't materialize how the event almost got postponed how a hangover nearly made you miss the flight
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Why do we sweat? - John...
The finish line's in sight and you put on an extra burst of speed. As your legs pick up the pace, your breathing gets deeper, your heart pounds faster, and sweat pours over your skin. How does this substance suddenly materialize and what exactly is its purpose?
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Matthew Carter: My life...
In much of the world, it's completely inescapable. But few consumers are concerned to know where a particular typeface came from or when or who designed it, if, indeed, there was any human agency involved in its creation, if it didn't just sort of materialize
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On being wrong PIPE Kathryn...
and move back to your hometown and raise a bunch of kids together. And something else happened instead. And I have to tell you that I thought I was writing an incredibly nerdy book about a subject everybody hates for an audience that would never materialize.
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How I'm fighting bias in...
Training sets don't just materialize out of nowhere. We actually can create them. So there's an opportunity to create full-spectrum training sets that reflect a richer portrait of humanity. Now you've seen in my examples how social robots
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How we take back the...
with a deep investment by the government that I think has resulted in a benefit for everyone. And the risks that have been threatened, the risks that have been played up by the government have never materialized.
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Sting: How I started...
a torrent of ideas, of characters, of voices, of verses, couplets, entire songs almost formed whole, materialized in front of me as if they'd been bottled up inside me for many, many years.
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Magic Without Lies PIPE...
From the point of view of its spouse, this flatworlder has distressingly disappeared then unaccountably materialized from out of nowhere.
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Stingray Ambushes Army...
around the first full moon of winter an army materializes
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Let's talk about sex -...
For me, it was easy. All I really needed was someone to reassure me that somehow I was a normal part of the universe. But I didn't feel like I could talk to anyone. And yet weirdly, I fully expected a time traveler to materialize at any time because I was a geek. I didn't know if it would be my unborn son
Video examples
The reality constructed...
a miracle in the idea of life it is this that we are able to exist for a time in defiance of care later you often forget how I say everything was how the tickets almost didn't materialize how the event almost got postponed how a hangover nearly made you miss the flight
Video examples
Why do we sweat? - John...
The finish line's in sight and you put on an extra burst of speed. As your legs pick up the pace, your breathing gets deeper, your heart pounds faster, and sweat pours over your skin. How does this substance suddenly materialize and what exactly is its purpose?
Video examples
Matthew Carter: My life...
In much of the world, it's completely inescapable. But few consumers are concerned to know where a particular typeface came from or when or who designed it, if, indeed, there was any human agency involved in its creation, if it didn't just sort of materialize
Video examples
On being wrong PIPE Kathryn...
and move back to your hometown and raise a bunch of kids together. And something else happened instead. And I have to tell you that I thought I was writing an incredibly nerdy book about a subject everybody hates for an audience that would never materialize.
Video examples
How I'm fighting bias in...
Training sets don't just materialize out of nowhere. We actually can create them. So there's an opportunity to create full-spectrum training sets that reflect a richer portrait of humanity. Now you've seen in my examples how social robots
Video examples
How we take back the...
with a deep investment by the government that I think has resulted in a benefit for everyone. And the risks that have been threatened, the risks that have been played up by the government have never materialized.
Video examples
Sting: How I started...
a torrent of ideas, of characters, of voices, of verses, couplets, entire songs almost formed whole, materialized in front of me as if they'd been bottled up inside me for many, many years.
Video examples
Magic Without Lies PIPE...
From the point of view of its spouse, this flatworlder has distressingly disappeared then unaccountably materialized from out of nowhere.
Video examples
Stingray Ambushes Army...
around the first full moon of winter an army materializes
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Quote examples
Jeremy Grantham
British Businessman
Investment bubbles and high animal spirits do not materialize out of thin air. They need extremely favorable economic fundamentals together with free and easy, cheap credit, and they need it for at least two or three years. Importantly, they also need serial pleasant surprises in such critical variables as global GNP growth.
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Tracy McMillan
American Author
All of us, consciously or unconsciously, set out to have the best possible love life. Valentine's Day simply shines a light on the degree to which that didn't - or hasn't yet - materialized.
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Jim Rohn
American Businessman
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing.
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Hans Hofmann
German Artist
An idea can only be materialized with the help of a medium of expression, the inherent qualities of which must be surely sensed and understood in order to become the carrier of an idea.
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Christopher Young
American Composer
Writing in the electronic world, you imagine a sound, and then you have to go and find it. It's not like imagining a flute and then making that sound materialize. That's easy!
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Rashida Tlaib
American Politician
No matter how much the private sector crows that corporate tax breaks will lead to more jobs or robust economic activity, such benefits rarely materialize.
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Kristen Soltis Anderson
American Writer
Candidates, of course, often claim that they want to run 'a purely positive campaign,' but this rarely materializes.
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Tim Walker
British Photographer
You have to raise the bar. Give yourself a challenge. Ask yourself, 'How can one make the impossible materialise?
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Heinrich Boll
German Writer
It's true and it's easily said that language is material, and something does materialise as one writes.
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Pete Hoekstra
American Politician
Obama's 'reset' with Russia and 'pivot' to Asia never materialized.
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Jeremy Grantham
British Businessman
Investment bubbles and high animal spirits do not materialize out of thin air. They need extremely favorable economic fundamentals together with free and easy, cheap credit, and they need it for at least two or three years. Importantly, they also need serial pleasant surprises in such critical variables as global GNP growth.
Quote examples
Tracy McMillan
American Author
All of us, consciously or unconsciously, set out to have the best possible love life. Valentine's Day simply shines a light on the degree to which that didn't - or hasn't yet - materialized.
Quote examples
Jim Rohn
American Businessman
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing.
Quote examples
Hans Hofmann
German Artist
An idea can only be materialized with the help of a medium of expression, the inherent qualities of which must be surely sensed and understood in order to become the carrier of an idea.
Quote examples
Christopher Young
American Composer
Writing in the electronic world, you imagine a sound, and then you have to go and find it. It's not like imagining a flute and then making that sound materialize. That's easy!
Quote examples
Rashida Tlaib
American Politician
No matter how much the private sector crows that corporate tax breaks will lead to more jobs or robust economic activity, such benefits rarely materialize.
Quote examples
Kristen Soltis Anderson
American Writer
Candidates, of course, often claim that they want to run 'a purely positive campaign,' but this rarely materializes.
Quote examples
Tim Walker
British Photographer
You have to raise the bar. Give yourself a challenge. Ask yourself, 'How can one make the impossible materialise?
Quote examples
Heinrich Boll
German Writer
It's true and it's easily said that language is material, and something does materialise as one writes.
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Pete Hoekstra
American Politician
Obama's 'reset' with Russia and 'pivot' to Asia never materialized.
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