materialisation

gb/mˈeɪtˈɛɹiəlɪsˈeɪʃən/ us/mˈeɪtˈɛɹiəlɪsˈeɪʃən/

C1 Kiingereza

Maana

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Nomino formal C1 process

becoming real or actual

when an idea or plan becomes real

Muundo wa matumizi: the materialisation of [a plan/idea/hope]

Kosa la kawaida:

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

Visawe

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.)

Vinyume

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

Miunganiko ya maneno

Mada

general |plans |change

Mifano

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.

Mifano kwa wanafunzi

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

Nomino business C1 event

a risk or fear happening

when a risk really happens

Muundo wa matumizi: the materialisation of [a risk/threat/fear]

Kosa la kawaida:

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

Visawe

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

Vinyume

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

Miunganiko ya maneno

Mada

business |risk |finance

Mifano

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.

Mifano kwa wanafunzi

Good controls can stop the materialisation of risks.

Nomino literary C2 event

appearing in physical form

when something seems to appear suddenly and become solid

Muundo wa matumizi: the materialisation of [a figure/spirit/object]

Kosa la kawaida:

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

Visawe

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

Vinyume

disappearance (The person or thing vanishes from view.)

Miunganiko ya maneno

Mada

arts |belief |fiction

Mifano

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.

Mifano kwa wanafunzi

The film shows the materialisation of a ghost.

Nomino technical C2 process

making data physically stored

when a system stores a result as real data

Muundo wa matumizi: materialisation of [data/results/a view]

Kosa la kawaida:

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

Visawe

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.)

Vinyume

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

Miunganiko ya maneno

Mada

technology |computing |data

Mifano

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.

Sarufi

Umbo la kamusi

materialisation

IPA

GB/mˈeɪtˈɛɹiəlɪsˈeɪʃən/

US/mˈeɪtˈɛɹiəlɪsˈeɪʃən/

Silabi na mkazo

ma - ter - i - al - isa - tion (silabi 6)

Stress on 1st syllable (ma)

Maumbo ya neno

Noun

Base: materialisation
Plural: materialisation

Familia ya neno

Core family

material noun A2 materialise verb C1

Related words

materialize verb B2 materialization noun C1 materially adverb

Negative and opposite forms

immaterial adjective C1

Advanced or less common

materialism noun C1 materialist noun materialistic adjective B2

Semi