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Appear out of thin air
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materialize
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB never ▪ An expected backlash against the initiative in Quebec never materialized . ▪ Suffice to say, a comeback never materialized . ▪ Without loving contact in infancy and early childhood, a sense of human connectedness ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1710, "represent as material," from material (adj.) + -ize . Meaning âappear in bodily formâ is 1880, in spiritualism. Related: Materialized ; materializing .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized" [syn: happen , materialise ] [ant: dematerialize , dematerialize ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Materialize \Ma*te"ri*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Materialized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Materializing .] [Cf. F. mat['e]rialiser.] To invest with material characteristics; to make perceptible to the senses; hence, to present to the mind through the medium ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context transitive English) To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear. 2 (context intransitive English) To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere. 3 (context transitive English) To regard as matter; to consider ...
Usage examples of materialize.
Up ahead, barely visible in the rain-swept fogged plastic of the aft canopy, the dark gray shape of the carrier Shaoguan materialized out of the clouds, the deck of the ship seeming impossibly small in the vast waters below.
Two camo-fatigued shapes materialized at his side so suddenly Batman started.
When we left the dahabeeyah, Anubis materialized out of somewhere, as cats do, and followed us down the gangplank.
Abreast of his trailer, he left the ditch and wove his way speedily toward home through the dense underbrush, in which the only person he ever encountered was Captain Flume, who, drawn and ghostly, frightened him half to death one twilight by materializing without warning out of a patch of dewberry bushes to complain that Chief White Halfoat had threatened to slit his throat open from ear to ear.
A few minutes later, a black-cloaked figure materialized itself in the little room where Nick Hemble lived.
And before any protest could materialize from the inebriated Owen, she was on her feet.
Zink made mirage-holes near their feet and Jama materialized flying swords for them to duck.
Talika, Chekov, Kaul, and three archaeological technicians materialized next.
The kinetics you so desperately need cannot materialize to help you meet your schedule.
The image was gone as suddenly as it had materialized, but he was aware of Leck screaming abusively and tumbling off the windowsill, while he himself was falling off his chair.
The smile faded when an image of Habish threatening Mana materialized.
Along with Mudd, they materialized near a low building, less than half its domed top showing above the surface dunes.
The group materialized on the parade ground which was the center of the complex of buildings composing the palace of Nummer Ein.
King Oary somehow anticipated magic that he thought might greatly enhance his power and was very angry when that magic did not materialize.
Wally beta-tested a new pun he was working up, to the effect that if the promised paperless digital world ever materialized, writers would all be The Artists Formerly Known In Prints.