materialize
gb/mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz/ us/mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz/
B2
Английски
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Глагол
B2
event
1
happen or become real
To happen in real life (especially after you expected it).
Модел на употреба:
[plan/idea/opportunity/benefit] materializes
Честа грешка:
Don’t confuse materialize with realize (= understand) or with make (a plan) happen; materialize is usually intransitive (the plan materializes).
Синоними
happen (More general and less formal.)
|
come about (Often used for events developing over time.)
Антоними
fizzle out (Stops developing and never happens.)
Колокации
plans materialize
|hopes materialize
|fears materialize
|the deal materialized
|the opportunity materialized
|benefits materialize
|results materialize
|nothing materialized
|never materialized
|failed to materialize
Теми
daily_life
|business
Примери
- After months of переговорs, the deal finally materialized.
- We were promised a promotion, but it never materialized.
- If the funding materializes, the project can start this summer.
Примери за учащи
- The job offer didn’t materialize.
- Our plans materialized in the end.
Глагол
B2
event
2
appear suddenly and unexpectedly
To appear suddenly, as if from nowhere.
Модел на употреба:
[someone/something] materializes (in/at [place])
Честа грешка:
Materialize is stronger than appear; it often suggests surprise or no clear explanation for the arrival.
Синоними
appear (Neutral; less dramatic.)
|
turn up (More informal; emphasizes arriving.)
Антоними
disappear (Goes out of sight or stops being present.)
Колокации
materialize out of nowhere
|materialize at the door
|materialize in the room
|materialize beside me
|materialize in front of us
|materialize on the platform
|materialize behind someone
|suddenly materialized
Теми
daily_life
Примери
- A waiter materialized the moment we looked up from the menu.
- She materialized at my desk just as I was about to leave.
- New problems kept materializing every week.
Примери за учащи
- He materialized at the door.
- My keys materialized in my bag.
Глагол
literary
C1
process
3
take visible or physical form
To become a real, visible thing (often in stories).
Модел на употреба:
[spirit/object] materializes (into/as [form])
Честа грешка:
In this sense, materialize often implies something unreal or invisible becoming physical; it’s not the usual meaning for everyday plans.
Синоними
manifest (Often suggests a hidden thing becoming apparent or visible.)
|
take shape (Emphasizes forming gradually.)
Антоними
dematerialize (Stops being physical or visible.)
Колокации
materialize into a figure
|materialize as a person
|materialize in a flash
|materialize from mist
|begin to materialize
|fully materialize
Теми
arts
|fiction
Примери
- A ghostly face materialized in the mirror.
- The spaceship materialized above the city in a burst of light.
- The fog began to materialize into a human shape.
Примери за учащи
- A figure materialized in the dark.
- The ghost materialized suddenly.
Глагол
technical
C1
process
4
compute and store a query result
In databases, to save the results of a query so they can be used faster later.
Модел на употреба:
materialize [data/result/view]
Честа грешка:
This technical sense is different from the everyday sense “happen/appear.”
Синоними
persist (Emphasizes saving data to storage.)
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cache (Emphasizes storing for faster access, often temporarily.)
Антоними
virtualize (Keeps something as a logical/virtual representation rather than a stored copy.)
Колокации
materialize a view
|materialize the results
|materialize a query
|materialize intermediate results
|materialize a dataset
|materialize a table
|materialize output
Теми
computing
|data
Примери
- The optimizer chose to materialize the subquery to speed up the join.
- We materialize daily aggregates into a separate table.
- In this system, views are computed on the fly unless you materialize them.
Граматика
Речникова форма
materialize
IPA
GB/mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz/
US/mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz/
Срички и ударение
ma - ter - i - al - ize (5 срички)
Stress on 2nd syllable (ter)
Форми на думата
Verb
- Base: materialize
- 3rd Person Singular: materializes
- Present Participle: materializing
- Past: materialized
Семейство думи
Forms
materializes
verb
materializing
verb
materialized
verb
Core family
materialization
noun C1
material
noun A2
Related words
materially
adverb
Negative and opposite forms
immaterial
adjective C1
Advanced or less common
Изрази
fail to materialize
1/fˈeɪl tə mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz/
fixed phrase
not happen as expected
To not happen, even though people expected it.
Примери
- The expected savings failed to materialize.
- Their meeting was postponed when enough support failed to materialize.
- Despite the hype, the new jobs failed to materialize.
materialize before your eyes
1/mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz bɪfˈɔɹ jˈʊɹ ˈaɪz/
fixed phrase
appear suddenly in front of you
To appear suddenly right in front of you.
Примери
- A huge rainbow seemed to materialize before our eyes.
- The outline of the island materialized before our eyes as the fog lifted.
- With one click, the map materialized before our eyes on the screen.
materialize out of thin air
1/mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz ˈaʊt əv θˈɪn ˈɛɹ/
fixed phrase
informal
appear as if by magic
To appear suddenly from nowhere.
Примери
- Extra chairs don’t just materialize out of thin air.
- He materialized out of thin air right when we started talking about him.
- A solution won’t materialize out of thin air—you have to work for it.