Meaning

7 senses
  1. Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.

    This compound has a number of interesting material properties.

    materiell

    мате́риа́льныйmatériálʹnyj

    матеріа́льнийmateriálʹnyj

    derived from or composed of matter

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

    material needs

    materiell

    мате́риа́льныйmatériálʹnyj

    concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being

  3. 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)Having real importance or great consequences; significant; substantial.

    found a material difference between two things

    You've made several material contributions to this project.

    ва́жныйvážnyj

  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

    concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests

  6. (obsolete)Full of substance or otherwise meaning.

  7. (obsolete)In an important degree.

Examples

442 sentences
  1. I want a suit made of this material.

    Я хочу костюм з цього матеріалу. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу костюм из этого материала. — Balamax

    deIch möchte einen Anzug aus diesem Stoff. — Tamy

  2. She is collecting material for a book.

    Вона збирає матеріал для книжки. — deniko

    ruОна собирает материал для книги. — Lenin_1917

    deSie ist dabei, Material für ein Buch zu sammeln. — Yorwba

  3. This material stretches easily.

    Цей матеріал легко розтягується. — deniko

    ruЭтот материал легко тянется. — megaton

    deDieses Material dehnt sich leicht aus. — kolonjano

  4. We got all the materials together.

  5. I'm not interested in material gain.

    ruМеня не интересует материальная выгода. — fjay69

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
related to matter:
Русский
By meaning 2
related to matter:
significant:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
related to matter:

Origin

From Middle English material, from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māteria (“wood, mater

From Middle English material, from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māteria (“wood, material, substance”), from māter (“mother”). Displaced native Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”) (from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”)). Doublet of materiel.

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Forms

more material, most material
Comparativemore material Lesson
Superlativemost material Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • having material or physical form or substance:corporeal
  • having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary:substantialreal

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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