Material

Word MATERIAL
Character 8
Hyphenation ma te ri al
Pronunciations /məˈtɪəɹɪəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Material"

What do we mean by material?

The substance or substances out of which a thing is or can be made. noun

Something, such as an idea or information, that is to be refined and made or incorporated into a finished effort. noun

Tools or apparatus for the performance of a given task. noun

Yard goods or cloth. noun

A person who is qualified or suited for a position or activity. noun

Of, relating to, or composed of matter. adjective

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

Of or concerned with the physical as distinct from the intellectual or spiritual. adjective

Being both relevant and consequential; crucial: synonym: relevant. adjective

Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, rather than the form. adjective

To render material; materialize.

Consisting of matter; of a physical nature; not spiritual: as, material elements; a material body.

Relating to or connected with matter; concerned with organic nature; affecting corporeal things or interests: as, material existence or well-being.

Hence Corporeal; sensuous; sensual; gross: as, material delights.

Pertaining to the matter or subject; of substantial import or consequence; essential; necessary; important.

Full of matter, or of solid sense and observation.

In philosophy, consisting in or pertaining to matter in the Aristotelian sense, and not to form; arising from matter of positive fact, and not from logical implication; referring to the object as it exists, and not to distinctions originating in the mind; relating to a word as an object, and not to its meaning.

In the law of evidence, of legal significance in the cause; having such a relation to the question in controversy that it may or ought to have some influence on the determination of the cause. See immaterial issue, under issue.

The material modes affect the matter of the enunciation, viz. either the subject or the predicate. For example, in this enunciation, A good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep, the word bonus or good is the mode of the subject. In this, A rhetorician speaks ornately and copiously, ornately and copiously are the modes of the predicate. Burgersdicius, tr. by a Gentleman.

Component or contributory matter or substance; that of or with which any corporeal thing is or may be constituted, made, or done: as, the materials of the soil or of disintegrated rocks; wool is the material of cloth; building- or writing-materials; war-material. noun

Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.

Text written for a specific purpose.

A sample or specimens for study.

Cloth to be made into a garment. Fabric.

The people collectively who are qualified for a certain position or activity.

Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.

The substance that something is made or composed of.

All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Material

The word "material" in example sentences

If the pigeonholes are arranged in alphabetical order, for example, he may find all related material, _provided he knows the name of every related group of material_, even though very similar things may bear names as far apart as A and Z. ❋ United States Patent Office (N/A)

And so with all material conditions; I say _material_, for in the spiritual life we see these things more truly as they are, and not as they appear. ❋ Charles Willing Beale (1888)

United States, or no existing nation (relatively to the age), has never attained the point of artistic, æsthetic, social or material perfection of the Greco-Roman States; yet they fell, as I have just said, to slavery and ruin, not so much from the blows of the barbarians, as from the dissolving influence of a _material civilization_, resulting inevitably in public and private impotence and demoralization. ❋ Michael M��ller (1862)

Let us then be contented to know that the soul moves itself, modifies itself, in consequence of material causes, which act upon it which give it activity: from whence the conclusion may he said to flow consecutively, that all its operations, all its faculties, prove that it is itself _material_. ❋ Paul Henri Thiry Holbach (1756)

Today, almost all public domain material is bundled with newer, copyrighted material on DVDs, such as extra features or a new soundtrack. ❋ Rebecca Tushnet (2009)

Circumventing access control on public domain material is not a violation of the statute. ❋ Rebecca Tushnet (2009)

Most of us smaller companies and medium sized ones are buying our pre-preg material from a handful of suppliers like Hexcel, Toray, Newport, and that material is typically pre-preg (previously impregnated with epoxy resin) rather than dry cloth that is wetted on site. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Though the Iron Man writers are clearly talented, getting a complete grip on source material from the creators of that material is paramount to success. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I can envision her claiming that borrowing material from a library, even if the material is returned at a later date, is no different to the copyright holder than if a tangible copy of the material had been stolen. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Of course, the term material breach, whether the U.S. will declare Iraq in material breach, a sensitive point here. ❋ Unknown (2002)

That phone call, on a cell phone, resolved one of the key disputes using the term material breach to describe Iraq's violations of the U.N. resolution. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The magnetic waves are so unique that they create a vortex that draws in material from the upper atmosphere, hence the strange behavior of the missile. ❋ Unknown (1997)

Make sure the word material is used to modify a declaration of default. ❋ Joseph R. Mancuso (1990)

The word material should modify declaration of default. ❋ Joseph R. Mancuso (1990)

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