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MATERIALIZATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does materialization mean?
• MATERIALIZATION (noun)
The noun MATERIALIZATION has 3 senses:
1. the process of coming into being; becoming reality
2. an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)
3. something that comes into existence as a result
Familiarity information: MATERIALIZATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of coming into being; becoming reality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
materialisation; materialization
Context example:
the materialization of her dream
Hypernyms ("materialization" is a kind of...):
action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))
Derivation:
materialize (come into being; become reality)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
manifestation; materialisation; materialization
Hypernyms ("materialization" is a kind of...):
appearance (the event of coming into sight)
Derivation:
materialize (come into being; become reality)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Something that comes into existence as a result
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
materialisation; materialization; offspring
Context example:
this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts
Hypernyms ("materialization" is a kind of...):
consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)
Derivation:
materialize (come into being; become reality)
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