materialisation

gb/mˈeɪtˈɛɹiəlɪsˈeɪʃən/ us/mˈeɪtˈɛɹiəlɪsˈeɪʃən/

C1 Αγγλικά

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Ουσιαστικό formal C1 process

becoming real or actual

when an idea or plan becomes real

Μοτίβο χρήσης: the materialisation of [a plan/idea/hope]

Συχνό λάθος:

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

Συνώνυμα

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.)

Αντώνυμα

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

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Θέματα

general |plans |change

Παραδείγματα

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.

Παραδείγματα για μαθητές

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

Ουσιαστικό business C1 event

a risk or fear happening

when a risk really happens

Μοτίβο χρήσης: the materialisation of [a risk/threat/fear]

Συχνό λάθος:

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

Συνώνυμα

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

Αντώνυμα

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

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Θέματα

business |risk |finance

Παραδείγματα

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.

Παραδείγματα για μαθητές

Good controls can stop the materialisation of risks.

Ουσιαστικό literary C2 event

appearing in physical form

when something seems to appear suddenly and become solid

Μοτίβο χρήσης: the materialisation of [a figure/spirit/object]

Συχνό λάθος:

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

Συνώνυμα

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

Αντώνυμα

disappearance (The person or thing vanishes from view.)

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Θέματα

arts |belief |fiction

Παραδείγματα

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.

Παραδείγματα για μαθητές

The film shows the materialisation of a ghost.

Ουσιαστικό technical C2 process

making data physically stored

when a system stores a result as real data

Μοτίβο χρήσης: materialisation of [data/results/a view]

Συχνό λάθος:

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

Συνώνυμα

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.)

Αντώνυμα

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

Συνδυασμοί λέξεων

Θέματα

technology |computing |data

Παραδείγματα

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.

Γραμματική

Λημματική μορφή

materialisation

IPA

GB/mˈeɪtˈɛɹiəlɪsˈeɪʃən/

US/mˈeɪtˈɛɹiəlɪsˈeɪʃən/

Συλλαβές και τόνος

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

Stress on 1st syllable (ma)

Τύποι λέξης

Noun

Base: materialisation
Plural: materialisation

Οικογένεια λέξεων

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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