MATERIAL
\mətˈi͡əɹɪə͡l], \mətˈiəɹɪəl], \m_ə_t_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__əl]\
Definitions of MATERIAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett
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things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials"
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information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form; "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography"
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derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe"
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directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; "his support made a material difference"; "evidence material to the issue at hand"; "facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts"; "a material witness"
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concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; "material needs"; "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens"- T.Roosevelt
By Princeton University
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having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett
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things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials"
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information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form; "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography"
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derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe"
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directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; "his support made a material difference"; "evidence material to the issue at hand"; "facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts"; "a material witness"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.
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Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts.
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Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.
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Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter.
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The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.
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To form from matter; to materialize.
By Oddity Software
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Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.
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Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts.
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Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.
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Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter.
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The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.
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To form from matter; to materialize.
By Noah Webster.
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Consisting of matter or substance; not spiritual; pertaining to bodily wants; as, the material needs of the poor; important; as, it is not material to me what you do.
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The substance of which anything is made.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Consisting of matter: corporeal, not spiritual: substantial: essential: important.
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Esp. in pl. that out of which anything is to be made.
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MATERIALLY.
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MATERIALNESS, MATERIALITY.
By Daniel Lyons
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MATERIALLY.
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Pertaining to matter; physical; corporeal; sensual.
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Essential; important.
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That of which anything is or may be made.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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