material
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3.7
- noun
- /məˈtɪriəl/
- The teacher provided excellent material for students to develop their projects.
- reading material
- teaching materials
- learning materials
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Watch on YouTubeIsn't that actual nightmare material That is hell.
- Isn't that actual nightmare material That is hell.
- There's something fresh in your material, you know.
- So you don't perform unless the material you wrote got on.
- There's more unique creator driven material than ever in that format.
- He had plenty of material to to work from.
- They're not able to write new material or good material.
- He makes a lot of beautiful material out there on Instagram, TikTok.
- Let's see what some of this was and some decent material, visual material.
Examples
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All teachers were instructed to use the materials during the next school year.
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Relevant sources need to be used, such as printed materials, audio-visual aids, and the Internet.
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Well, I mean, as we were talking about we think it's... it's very important to honor, the original source material.
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You know, I am working on some material about teens in general.
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Did you make connections between the material in your lesson and students' existing knowledge?
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Students were prompted to look across materials for the patterns found within them.
Academic text (2013) -
However, she did very poorly on the same material during a 'pop quiz' the following week.
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As a successful academic, Adams effectively combines material from her research with her personal experiences.
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What I am referring to here are published materials such as newspapers, pamphlets, and books.
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Methodology involved collecting and analyzing diverse material, organizing the data, and composing a chronological narrative.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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1.0
Facts and details that tell you about a person or thing
20
1.0
Things like books and magazines to read for information or enjoyment
19
3.8
Written information that explains how to use a machine or computer program
17
3.7
Documents like books or letters that people use to do research
5
2.3
Text created by a person, like a book or letter
Compounds
- Formal
22
6.0
A person whose statement is very important to the main question in a court case
- Specialized
19
5.1
A substance that gives off invisible energy that can harm people and animals
16
2.5
A thing people use to make houses and other places to live, like wood, brick, concrete
- Formal
8
8.2
A serious failure to follow a contract that lets the other side end it or claim money
- Specialized
3
4.4
A strong, light substance made by joining two different materials
- Specialized
1
3.1
A thing used to cover and protect the top of a building like tiles or metal sheets
- Specialized
1
4.2
Paper or other material that changes when light hits it and is used to make photos
1
5.0
The physical part of a person with skin, bones, and organs, not the mind or spirit
- Specialized
1
4.1
A way to price work where clients pay for the time spent and materials used
- Specialized
1
3.4
A substance that fills cracks and gaps to stop leaks of water or air
- Specialized
1
8.3
A material that makes electricity when you press or bend it
- Specialized
1
6.8
How much material a factory or country uses to make one product
- Specialized
1
4.7
A solid that conducts electricity more when warm or when it has small amounts of other elements
- Specialized
1
8.3
A material with a built-in direction of electric charge that switches with an electric field
- Specialized
1
4.2
A hard thing like sandpaper or diamond that wears down and smooths surfaces
- Specialized
1
5.7
A price plan for a job based on the actual time spent and materials used
- Specialized
A ceramic with electrical, optical, or magnetic properties used in electronic parts
- Specialized
A material that makes an electric charge when heated or cooled
How Useful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Material comes from Latin materia, like the English word matter, all meaning 'stuff' or 'substance'. So when we call information or ideas 'material', we mean the 'stuff' that can be used to create a book, film, or article.