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material

Pronunciation: /maˌtɛːriˈal/

“material” is a Middle English word. Its 5 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. Extant in matter or having physical form; material.
  2. Not supernatural or spiritual; regular, conventional, worldly.
  3. Being the physical attributes or properties of a thing.
  4. Affecting or modifying physical matter or attributes.
  5. Prominent, significant.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French materiel and its etymon Latin māteriālis; equivalent to matere + -al.

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