materialize
gb/mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz/ us/mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz/
B2
انگلیسی
معنیها
۰ معنی
فعل
B2
event
1
happen or become real
To happen in real life (especially after you expected it).
الگوی کاربرد:
[plan/idea/opportunity/benefit] materializes
اشتباه رایج:
Don’t confuse materialize with realize (= understand) or with make (a plan) happen; materialize is usually intransitive (the plan materializes).
هممعنیها
happen (More general and less formal.)
|
come about (Often used for events developing over time.)
متضادها
fizzle out (Stops developing and never happens.)
ترکیبهای رایج
plans materialize
|hopes materialize
|fears materialize
|the deal materialized
|the opportunity materialized
|benefits materialize
|results materialize
|nothing materialized
|never materialized
|failed to materialize
موضوعها
daily_life
|business
نمونهها
- 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.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- The job offer didn’t materialize.
- Our plans materialized in the end.
فعل
B2
event
2
appear suddenly and unexpectedly
To appear suddenly, as if from nowhere.
الگوی کاربرد:
[someone/something] materializes (in/at [place])
اشتباه رایج:
Materialize is stronger than appear; it often suggests surprise or no clear explanation for the arrival.
هممعنیها
appear (Neutral; less dramatic.)
|
turn up (More informal; emphasizes arriving.)
متضادها
disappear (Goes out of sight or stops being present.)
ترکیبهای رایج
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
موضوعها
daily_life
نمونهها
- 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.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- He materialized at the door.
- My keys materialized in my bag.
فعل
literary
C1
process
3
take visible or physical form
To become a real, visible thing (often in stories).
الگوی کاربرد:
[spirit/object] materializes (into/as [form])
اشتباه رایج:
In this sense, materialize often implies something unreal or invisible becoming physical; it’s not the usual meaning for everyday plans.
هممعنیها
manifest (Often suggests a hidden thing becoming apparent or visible.)
|
take shape (Emphasizes forming gradually.)
متضادها
dematerialize (Stops being physical or visible.)
ترکیبهای رایج
materialize into a figure
|materialize as a person
|materialize in a flash
|materialize from mist
|begin to materialize
|fully materialize
موضوعها
arts
|fiction
نمونهها
- 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.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- A figure materialized in the dark.
- The ghost materialized suddenly.
فعل
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.
الگوی کاربرد:
materialize [data/result/view]
اشتباه رایج:
This technical sense is different from the everyday sense “happen/appear.”
هممعنیها
persist (Emphasizes saving data to storage.)
|
cache (Emphasizes storing for faster access, often temporarily.)
متضادها
virtualize (Keeps something as a logical/virtual representation rather than a stored copy.)
ترکیبهای رایج
materialize a view
|materialize the results
|materialize a query
|materialize intermediate results
|materialize a dataset
|materialize a table
|materialize output
موضوعها
computing
|data
نمونهها
- 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.
دستور زبان
صورت پایه
materialize
IPA
GB/mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz/
US/mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz/
هجاها و تکیه
ma - ter - i - al - ize (۵ هجا)
Stress on 2nd syllable (ter)
صورتهای واژه
Verb
- Base: materialize
- 3rd Person Singular: materializes
- Present Participle: materializing
- Past: materialized
خانوادهٔ واژه
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
عبارتها
fail to materialize
1/fˈeɪl tə mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz/
fixed phrase
not happen as expected
To not happen, even though people expected it.
نمونهها
- 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.
نمونهها
- 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.
نمونهها
- 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.