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dematerialize en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ˌdi.məˈtɪɹ.i.ə.laɪz/ (US)
• /ˌdiː.məˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə.laɪz/ (UK)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English material Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English materialize English dematerialize From de- + materialize.

Meanings

1. (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive) To disappear by becoming immaterial.
   • "So, I'll need you to look at the nth field targeting so when the object dematerializes from here, we can rematerialize it there." 2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 15:
   • Nightmares were, after all, a type of demon; they could dematerialize in much the way Fiant did. 2002, Piers Anthony, Ogre, Ogre, page 9:
2. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To cause something to disappear by making it immaterial.
   • Some magicians claim they can dematerialize their bodies and re-materialize them in a different location. 2009, Etson White, Revelation of God, page 161:
3. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To remove the physical materials from (a process, etc.).
   • Even though the book is still a difficult object to dematerialize and the paper books are not replaceable, the trend seems to be to prefer an e-book rather than a physical book […] 2013, Mike Friedrichsen, Wolfgang Mühl-Benninghaus, Handbook of Social Media Management:

Forms

Deriveds

dematerializer

Relateds

materialize · rematerialize · rematerialization · materialization · dematerialization

Synonyms

vanish (disappear) · disintegrate (disappear) · dissolve (disappear) · disappear (disappear)

Translations (14)

pl zdematerializować się ((intransitive) to disappear by becoming immaterial) · uk дематеріалізува́тися ((intransitive) to disappear by becoming immaterial) · fr se dématérialiser ((intransitive) to disappear by becoming immaterial) · pl zdematerializować ((transitive) to cause to disappear by becoming immaterial) · it smaterializzare ((transitive) to cause to disappear by becoming immaterial) · fr dématérialiser ((transitive) to cause to disappear by becoming immaterial) · sv avmaterialisera ((transitive) to cause to disappear by becoming immaterial) · sv dematerialisera ((transitive) to cause to disappear by becoming immaterial) · pl dematerializować się ((intransitive) to disappear by becoming immaterial) · de auflösen ((transitive) to cause to disappear by becoming immaterial) · it smaterializzarsi ((intransitive) to disappear by becoming immaterial) · pl dematerializować ((transitive) to cause to disappear by becoming immaterial) · da dematerialisere ((transitive) to cause to disappear by becoming immaterial) · uk дематеріалізува́ти ((transitive) to cause to disappear by becoming immaterial)