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DEMATERIALISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dematerialise mean?
• DEMATERIALISE (verb)
The verb DEMATERIALISE has 1 sense:
1. become immaterial; disappear
Familiarity information: DEMATERIALISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they dematerialise ... he / she / it dematerialises
Past simple: dematerialised
Past participle: dematerialised
-ing form: dematerialising
... he / she / it dematerialises Past simple: dematerialised
Past participle: dematerialised
-ing form: dematerialising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become immaterial; disappear
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
dematerialise; dematerialize
Hypernyms (to "dematerialise" is one way to...):
disappear; go away; vanish (become invisible or unnoticeable)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Antonym:
materialise (come into being; become reality)
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