eng: material - UWN/MENTA

eng: material

Information
has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/eng/material

Meaning
means	(noun) the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" material, stuff
means	(noun) information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form; "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography" material
means	(noun) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" cloth, material, textile, fabric
means	(noun) things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials" material
means	(noun) a person judged suitable for admission or employment; "he was university material"; "she was vice-presidential material" material
means	(adjective) concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests; "material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material comforts" material
means	(adjective) derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe" material
means	(adjective) directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; "his support made a material difference"; "evidence material to the issue at hand"; "facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts"; "a material witness" material
means	(adjective) concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; "material needs"; "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens"- T.Roosevelt material
means	(adjective) having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett material, corporeal
means	(adjective) having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare material, real, substantial

Query

Lexvo © 2008-2024 Gerard de Melo. Contact Legal Information / Imprint