אנגלית

materialize

gb/mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz/ us/mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz/
B2 אנגלית
משמעויות
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פועל B2 event
1

happen or become real

To happen in real life (especially after you expected it).

תבנית שימוש: [plan/idea/opportunity/benefit] materializes
טעות נפוצה:
Don’t confuse materialize with realize (= understand) or with make (a plan) happen; materialize is usually intransitive (the plan materializes).
מילים נרדפות
happen (More general and less formal.) | come about (Often used for events developing over time.)
הפכים
fizzle out (Stops developing and never happens.)
צירופים
plans materialize |hopes materialize |fears materialize |the deal materialized |the opportunity materialized |benefits materialize |results materialize |nothing materialized |never materialized |failed to materialize
נושאים
daily_life |business
דוגמאות
  • 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.
דוגמאות ללומדים
  • The job offer didn’t materialize.
  • Our plans materialized in the end.
פועל B2 event
2

appear suddenly and unexpectedly

To appear suddenly, as if from nowhere.

תבנית שימוש: [someone/something] materializes (in/at [place])
טעות נפוצה:
Materialize is stronger than appear; it often suggests surprise or no clear explanation for the arrival.
מילים נרדפות
appear (Neutral; less dramatic.) | turn up (More informal; emphasizes arriving.)
הפכים
disappear (Goes out of sight or stops being present.)
צירופים
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
נושאים
daily_life
דוגמאות
  • 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.
דוגמאות ללומדים
  • He materialized at the door.
  • My keys materialized in my bag.
פועל literary C1 process
3

take visible or physical form

To become a real, visible thing (often in stories).

תבנית שימוש: [spirit/object] materializes (into/as [form])
טעות נפוצה:
In this sense, materialize often implies something unreal or invisible becoming physical; it’s not the usual meaning for everyday plans.
מילים נרדפות
manifest (Often suggests a hidden thing becoming apparent or visible.) | take shape (Emphasizes forming gradually.)
הפכים
dematerialize (Stops being physical or visible.)
צירופים
materialize into a figure |materialize as a person |materialize in a flash |materialize from mist |begin to materialize |fully materialize
נושאים
arts |fiction
דוגמאות
  • 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.
דוגמאות ללומדים
  • A figure materialized in the dark.
  • The ghost materialized suddenly.
פועל 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.

תבנית שימוש: materialize [data/result/view]
טעות נפוצה:
This technical sense is different from the everyday sense “happen/appear.”
מילים נרדפות
persist (Emphasizes saving data to storage.) | cache (Emphasizes storing for faster access, often temporarily.)
הפכים
virtualize (Keeps something as a logical/virtual representation rather than a stored copy.)
צירופים
materialize a view |materialize the results |materialize a query |materialize intermediate results |materialize a dataset |materialize a table |materialize output
נושאים
computing |data
דוגמאות
  • 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.
דקדוק
צורת המילון
materialize
IPA
GB/mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz/
US/mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz/
הברות והטעמה
ma - ter - i - al - ize (5 הברות)
Stress on 2nd syllable (ter)
צורות המילה
Verb
  • Base: materialize
  • 3rd Person Singular: materializes
  • Present Participle: materializing
  • Past: materialized
משפחת מילים
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
materialism noun C1 materialist noun materialistic adjective B2
ביטויים

fail to materialize

1
/fˈeɪl tə mətˈɪɹiəlˌaɪz/
fixed phrase

not happen as expected

To not happen, even though people expected it.

דוגמאות
  • 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.

דוגמאות
  • 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.

דוגמאות
  • 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.

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