materialize
gb/mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz/ us/mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz/
B2
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Verbo
B2
event
1
happen or become real
To happen in real life (especially after you expected it).
Patrón de uso:
[plan/idea/opportunity/benefit] materializes
Error frecuente:
Don’t confuse materialize with realize (= understand) or with make (a plan) happen; materialize is usually intransitive (the plan materializes).
Sinónimos
happen (More general and less formal.)
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come about (Often used for events developing over time.)
Antónimos
fizzle out (Stops developing and never happens.)
Colocaciones
plans materialize
|hopes materialize
|fears materialize
|the deal materialized
|the opportunity materialized
|benefits materialize
|results materialize
|nothing materialized
|never materialized
|failed to materialize
Temas
daily_life
|business
Ejemplos
- 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.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
- The job offer didn’t materialize.
- Our plans materialized in the end.
Verbo
B2
event
2
appear suddenly and unexpectedly
To appear suddenly, as if from nowhere.
Patrón de uso:
[someone/something] materializes (in/at [place])
Error frecuente:
Materialize is stronger than appear; it often suggests surprise or no clear explanation for the arrival.
Sinónimos
appear (Neutral; less dramatic.)
|
turn up (More informal; emphasizes arriving.)
Antónimos
disappear (Goes out of sight or stops being present.)
Colocaciones
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
Temas
daily_life
Ejemplos
- 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.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
- He materialized at the door.
- My keys materialized in my bag.
Verbo
literary
C1
process
3
take visible or physical form
To become a real, visible thing (often in stories).
Patrón de uso:
[spirit/object] materializes (into/as [form])
Error frecuente:
In this sense, materialize often implies something unreal or invisible becoming physical; it’s not the usual meaning for everyday plans.
Sinónimos
manifest (Often suggests a hidden thing becoming apparent or visible.)
|
take shape (Emphasizes forming gradually.)
Antónimos
dematerialize (Stops being physical or visible.)
Colocaciones
materialize into a figure
|materialize as a person
|materialize in a flash
|materialize from mist
|begin to materialize
|fully materialize
Temas
arts
|fiction
Ejemplos
- 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.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
- A figure materialized in the dark.
- The ghost materialized suddenly.
Verbo
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.
Patrón de uso:
materialize [data/result/view]
Error frecuente:
This technical sense is different from the everyday sense “happen/appear.”
Sinónimos
persist (Emphasizes saving data to storage.)
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cache (Emphasizes storing for faster access, often temporarily.)
Antónimos
virtualize (Keeps something as a logical/virtual representation rather than a stored copy.)
Colocaciones
materialize a view
|materialize the results
|materialize a query
|materialize intermediate results
|materialize a dataset
|materialize a table
|materialize output
Temas
computing
|data
Ejemplos
- 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.
Gramática
Forma de diccionario
materialize
AFI
GB/mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz/
US/mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz/
Sílabas y acento
ma - ter - i - al - ize (5 sílabas)
Stress on 2nd syllable (ter)
Formas de la palabra
Verb
- Base: materialize
- 3rd Person Singular: materializes
- Present Participle: materializing
- Past: materialized
Familia de palabras
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
Expresiones
fail to materialize
1/fˈeɪl tə mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz/
fixed phrase
not happen as expected
To not happen, even though people expected it.
Ejemplos
- 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.
Ejemplos
- 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.
Ejemplos
- 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.