materialisation

gb/mˈeɪtˈɛɹiəlɪsˈeɪʃən/ us/mˈeɪtˈɛɹiəlɪsˈeɪʃən/

C1 Engelsk

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Navneord formal C1 process

becoming real or actual

when an idea or plan becomes real

Brugsmønster: the materialisation of [a plan/idea/hope]

Typisk fejl:

Often confused with material (meaning ‘substance’); materialisation is about something becoming real, not about physical materials.

Synonymer

realisation (More general; can also mean understanding, not only ‘becoming real’.) | implementation (Focuses on putting a plan into action.) | actualisation (More abstract and less common in everyday contexts.)

Antonymer

cancellation (The plan or idea is stopped before it happens.) | failure (The expected result does not happen.)

Ordforbindelser

Temaer

general |plans |change

Eksempler

They had waited years for the materialisation of their expansion plans.
The funding delays threatened the materialisation of the project.
It took a lot of negotiation for the idea to reach materialisation.

Læringseksempler

The materialisation of the plan took time.
We are working on the materialisation of our idea.

Navneord business C1 event

a risk or fear happening

when a risk really happens

Brugsmønster: the materialisation of [a risk/threat/fear]

Typisk fejl:

In business English, materialisation refers to a risk occurring, not to making something physically ‘material’.

Synonymer

occurrence (Neutral term; less specific to risks.) | crystallisation (Often used in similar business contexts; slightly more metaphorical.)

Antonymer

mitigation (Actions taken to reduce the chance or impact of a risk.) | avoidance (Preventing the risk from happening.)

Ordforbindelser

Temaer

business |risk |finance

Eksempler

The company increased reserves to cover the possible materialisation of credit losses.
Better monitoring reduced the likelihood of the materialisation of operational risks.
They redesigned the process to prevent the materialisation of that threat.

Læringseksempler

Good controls can stop the materialisation of risks.

Navneord literary C2 event

appearing in physical form

when something seems to appear suddenly and become solid

Brugsmønster: the materialisation of [a figure/spirit/object]

Typisk fejl:

This sense is mainly used in fiction or spiritualist contexts; in everyday writing, people more often say ‘appearance’.

Synonymer

appearance (More common and less dramatic; not necessarily ‘becoming physical’.) | manifestation (Can suggest a supernatural or symbolic showing.)

Antonymer

disappearance (The person or thing vanishes from view.)

Ordforbindelser

Temaer

arts |belief |fiction

Eksempler

In the story, the materialisation of the stranger in the doorway shocks everyone.
Witnesses described the materialisation of a pale figure beside the bed.
The trick relied on the materialisation of a coin in the magician’s hand.

Læringseksempler

The film shows the materialisation of a ghost.

Navneord technical C2 process

making data physically stored

when a system stores a result as real data

Brugsmønster: materialisation of [data/results/a view]

Typisk fejl:

In computing, materialisation is about storing or precomputing results, not about physical materials.

Synonymer

caching (Similar goal (speed) but broader; caching may be temporary and not a full stored representation.) | persisting (Emphasises saving data to storage, not the act of computing it.)

Antonymer

virtualisation (Keeping something abstracted or computed on demand rather than stored as concrete data.)

Ordforbindelser

Temaer

technology |computing |data

Eksempler

Materialisation of the view reduced query time but increased storage use.
The optimiser chose materialisation of intermediate results to avoid recomputation.
They disabled automatic materialisation to keep the pipeline fully streaming.

Grammatik

Opslagsform

materialisation

IPA

GB/mˈeɪtˈɛɹiəlɪsˈeɪʃən/

US/mˈeɪtˈɛɹiəlɪsˈeɪʃən/

Stavelser og tryk

ma - ter - i - al - isa - tion (6 stavelser)

Stress on 1st syllable (ma)

Ordformer

Noun

Base: materialisation
Plural: materialisation

Ordfamilie

Core family

material noun A2 materialise verb C1

Related words

materialize verb B2 materialization noun C1 materially adverb

Negative and opposite forms

immaterial adjective C1

Advanced or less common

materialism noun C1 materialist noun materialistic adjective B2

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