materialize

== English == === Alternative forms === materialise (non-Oxford British English) === Etymology === From material + -ize. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /məˈtɪɹiəlaɪz/ === Verb === materialize (third-person singular simple present materializes, present participle materializing, simple past and past participle materialized) (American spelling, Oxford British English) (transitive) To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear. Synonym: incorporate (formal) (intransitive) To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere. (intransitive) To become real (of a plan, idea, etc.); to come to fruition. (transitive) To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter. (transitive, databases) To perform materialization; to save the results of a database query as a temporary table or materialized view. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====