Material

/məˈtɪə.ɹi.əl/ · adjective

Meaning

Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.
2. Of, relating to, or affecting physical well-being; corporeal; bodily.
3. (logic) Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, as distinguished from the form of it, especially empirical.
4. (especially law) Having real importance or great consequences; significant; substantial.
5. Relating to or concerned with what is purely physical rather than intellectual or spiritual, especially excessively so; materialistic.
6. (obsolete) Full of substance or otherwise meaning.
7. (obsolete) In an important degree.
8. A basic matter (as metal, wood, plastic, fiber, etc.) from which the whole or the greater part of something physical (as a machine, tool, building, fabric, etc.) is made.

Example Sentences

This compound has a number of interesting material properties.

the material elements of the universe

material needs

material cause

the material aspect of being

found a material difference between two things

You've made several material contributions to this project.

This is the most material fact in this lawsuit.

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Word Forms

• more material
• most material
• materials
• materialing
• materialling
• materialed
• materialled

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