materialisation

gb/mˈeɪtˈɛɹiəlɪsˈeɪʃən/ us/mˈeɪtˈɛɹiəlɪsˈeɪʃən/

C1 영어

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명사 formal C1 process

becoming real or actual

when an idea or plan becomes real

사용 패턴： the materialisation of [a plan/idea/hope]

자주 하는 실수：

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

유의어

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.)

반의어

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

연어

주제

general |plans |change

예문

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.

학습자용 예문

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

명사 business C1 event

a risk or fear happening

when a risk really happens

사용 패턴： the materialisation of [a risk/threat/fear]

자주 하는 실수：

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

유의어

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

반의어

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

연어

주제

business |risk |finance

예문

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.

학습자용 예문

Good controls can stop the materialisation of risks.

명사 literary C2 event

appearing in physical form

when something seems to appear suddenly and become solid

사용 패턴： the materialisation of [a figure/spirit/object]

자주 하는 실수：

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

유의어

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

반의어

disappearance (The person or thing vanishes from view.)

연어

주제

arts |belief |fiction

예문

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.

학습자용 예문

The film shows the materialisation of a ghost.

명사 technical C2 process

making data physically stored

when a system stores a result as real data

사용 패턴： materialisation of [data/results/a view]

자주 하는 실수：

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

유의어

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.)

반의어

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

연어

주제

technology |computing |data

예문

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.

문법

기본형

materialisation

IPA

GB/mˈeɪtˈɛɹiəlɪsˈeɪʃən/

US/mˈeɪtˈɛɹiəlɪsˈeɪʃən/

음절 및 강세

ma - ter - i - al - isa - tion （6음절）

Stress on 1st syllable (ma)

활용형

Noun

Base: materialisation
Plural: materialisation