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Material

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Noun

1. material, stuff

the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

Example Sentences:
'coal is a hard black material'
'wheat is the stuff they use to make bread'

2. material

information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form

Example Sentences:
'the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography'

3. cloth, fabric, material, textile

artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

Example Sentences:
'the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent'
'woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC'
'she measured off enough material for a dress'

4. material

things needed for doing or making something

Example Sentences:
'writing materials'
'useful teaching materials'

5. material

a person judged suitable for admission or employment

Example Sentences:
'he was university material'
'she was vice-presidential material'

Adjective

6. material

concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests

Example Sentences:
'material possessions'
'material wealth'
'material comforts'

7. material

derived from or composed of matter

Example Sentences:
'the material universe'

8. material

directly relevant to a matter especially a law case

Example Sentences:
'his support made a material difference'
'evidence material to the issue at hand'
'facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts'
'a material witness'

9. material

concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being

Example Sentences:
'material needs'
'the moral and material welfare of all good citizens'

10. corporeal, material

having material or physical form or substance

Example Sentences:
'that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible'

11. material, real, substantial

having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary

Example Sentences:
'the substantial world'
'a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical'
'most ponderous and substantial things'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Material

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noun
1. 
the substance of which a thing is made or composed; component or constituent matter
raw material
2. 
facts, notes, etc, that a finished work may be based on or derived from
enough material for a book
3. 
cloth or fabric
4. 
a person who has qualities suitable for a given occupation, training, etc
that boy is not university material
adjective
5. 
of, relating to, or composed of physical substance; corporeal
6. philosophy
composed of or relating to physical as opposed to mental or spiritual substance
the material world
7. 
of, relating to, or affecting economic or physical wellbeing
material ease
8. 
of or concerned with physical rather than spiritual interests
9. 
of great import or consequence
of material benefit to the workers
10. (often foll by to)
relevant
11. philosophy
of or relating to matter as opposed to form
12. law
relevant to the issue before court: applied esp to facts or testimony of much significance
a material witness

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Material

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adjective
1. 
of matter; of substance; relating to or consisting of what occupies space; physical
a material object, material forces
2. 
a. 
of the body or bodily needs, satisfactions, etc.; corporeal, sensual, or sensuous
material pleasures
b. 
of or fond of comfort, pleasure, wealth, etc. rather than spiritual or intellectual values; worldly
material success
3. 
important, essential, or pertinent (to the matter under discussion)
4.  Law
important enough to affect the outcome of a case, the validity of a legal instrument, etc.
a material witness
5.  Philosophy
of the content or substance of reasoning, as distinguished from the formal element
noun
6. 
what a thing is, or may be, made of; constituent substance; elements, parts, or constituents
raw material
7. 
ideas, notes, sketches, etc., that may be worked up or elaborated; data
8. 
cloth or other fabric
9.  [pl.]
implements, articles, etc. needed to make or do something
writing materials

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Material

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n.
1. The substance or substances out of which a thing is or can be made.
2. Something, such as an idea or information, that is to be refined and made or incorporated into a finished effort: material for a comedy.
3. materials Tools or apparatus for the performance of a given task: writing materials.
4. Yard goods or cloth.
5. A person who is qualified or suited for a position or activity: The members of the board felt that she was vice-presidential material.
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or composed of matter.
2. Of, relating to, or affecting physical well-being; bodily: "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens" (Theodore Roosevelt).
3. Of or concerned with the physical as distinct from the intellectual or spiritual: "Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world" (Ralph Waldo Emerson).
4. Being both relevant and consequential; crucial: testimony material to the inquiry. See Synonyms at relevant.
5. Philosophy Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, rather than the form.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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