material

adjective · noun · verbB1

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Tính từ

adjective
Comparative
more material
Superlative
most material
  1. 1.

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

    This compound has a number of interesting material properties.

  2. 2.

    Of, relating to, or affecting physical well-being; corporeal; bodily.

    material needs

  3. 3.

    (logic) Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, as distinguished from the form of it, especially empirical.

    material cause

    the material aspect of being

  4. 4.

    (especially)(especially law) Having real importance or great consequences; significant; substantial.

    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.

  5. 5.

    Relating to or concerned with what is purely physical rather than intellectual or spiritual, especially excessively so; materialistic.

    the material world

    interested only in material progress

    Don't let material concerns get in the way of living a happy life.

  6. 6.

    (obsolete)Full of substance or otherwise meaning.

    Đồng nghĩa: bulky, massive, solid, meaty

  7. 7.

    (obsolete)In an important degree.

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
materials
  1. 1.

    (countable, uncountable)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.

    Asphalt, composed of oil and sand, is a widely used material for roads.

    Đồng nghĩa: raw material

  2. 2.

    (collective, countable, sometimes, uncountable)(sometimes collective, preceded by a qualifying word) A person, or people collectively, who are qualified or suited for a certain position or activity.

    boy/girlfriend material

    marriage material

    We have lots of presidential material in various public offices.

  3. 3.

    (countable, plural, uncountable, usually)(usually plural) Apparatus for doing or making something.

  4. 4.

    (countable, uncountable)Something (as data, observations, perceptions or ideas) that may be incorporated, elaborated or otherwise reworked into a finished form or new form, or may serve as the basis for arriving at interpretations, judgments or conclusions.

    teaching materials

    We were a warm-up act at the time; we didn't have enough original material to headline.

  5. 5.

    (countable, uncountable)Fabric, which can be made into a garments, curtains, etc; especially, woven fabric (cloth).

    a piece of material

    You'll need about a yard of material to make this.

  6. 6.

    (countable, uncountable)The elements, constituents or substance of which something physical or non-physical composed of or can be made of.

    The solid materials of the mixture will settle to the bottom of the container.

    The material of his character was basically good.

  7. 7.

    (countable, uncountable)(graphical user interface) An element of a design language associated with a certain style of rendering on the display.

  8. 8.

    (countable, uncountable)(chess) All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard, excluding the king.

  9. 9.

    (Ireland, archaic, countable, uncountable)(Ireland, now rare) The ingredients for making whisky punch.

    Đồng nghĩa: matts

  10. 10.

    (countable, rare, uncountable)The materiel of an army.

  11. 11.

    (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Things that are material.

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
materials
V_ing/Gerund
materialing
V_ed/pp
materiallingmaterialed
  1. 1.

    (obsolete, transitive)To form from matter; to materialize.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English material, from māteriālis, from Latin māteria (wood, material, substance), from māter (mother). Displaced native andweorc (from andweorc). materiel.

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