Canadian English Meaning of material

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Definitions and Meaning of material in English

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material (n)

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

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

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

things needed for doing or making something

a person judged suitable for admission or employment

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material (s)

concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests

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

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material (a)

derived from or composed of matter

directly relevant to a matter especially a law case

having material or physical form or substance

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

Webster

material (a.)

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts.

Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.

Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter.

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material (n.)

The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.

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material (v. t.)

To form from matter; to materialize.

FAQs About the word material

material

the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object, information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished

making,potential,Substance,possibility,potentiality,raw material,stuff,lumber,question,metal

immaterial,nonmaterial,Non-physical,bodiless,diaphanous,disembodied,disembodied,ethereal ,formless,impalpable

materia medica => Materia medica, materfamilias => matriarch, mater turrita => tower mother, mater => Mother, mateotechny => mateotechnics,