material
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.
This compound has a number of interesting material properties.
- 2.
Of, relating to, or affecting physical well-being; corporeal; bodily.
material needs
- 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.
(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.
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.
(obsolete)Full of substance or otherwise meaning.
Đồng nghĩa: bulky, massive, solid, meaty
- 7.
(obsolete)In an important degree.
Danh từ
noun- 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.
(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.
(countable, plural, uncountable, usually)(usually plural) Apparatus for doing or making something.
- 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.
(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.
(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.
(countable, uncountable)(graphical user interface) An element of a design language associated with a certain style of rendering on the display.
- 8.
(countable, uncountable)(chess) All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard, excluding the king.
- 9.
(Ireland, archaic, countable, uncountable)(Ireland, now rare) The ingredients for making whisky punch.
Đồng nghĩa: matts
- 10.
(countable, rare, uncountable)The materiel of an army.
- 11.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Things that are material.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(obsolete, transitive)To form from matter; to materialize.
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From Middle English material, from māteriālis, from Latin māteria (wood, material, substance), from māter (mother). Displaced native andweorc (from andweorc). materiel.