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