Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - material
Material
material
n. & adj. --n. 1 the matter from which a thing is made. 2 cloth, fabric. 3 (in pl.) things needed for an activity (building materials; cleaning materials; writing materials). 4 a person or thing of a specified kind or suitable for a purpose (officer material). 5 (in sing. or pl.) information etc. to be used in writing a book etc. (experimental material; materials for a biography). 6 (in sing. or pl., often foll. by of) the elements or constituent parts of a substance. --adj. 1 of matter; corporeal. 2 concerned with bodily comfort etc. (material well-being). 3 (of conduct, points of view, etc.) not spiritual. 4 (often foll. by to) important, essential, relevant (at the material time). 5 concerned with the matter, not the form, of reasoning. Derivatives materiality n. Etymology: ME f. OF materiel, -al, f. LL materialis f. L (as MATTER)
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I. adjective see: matter Date: 14th century 1. a. relating to, derived from, or consisting of matter, bodily , b. of or relating to matter rather than form , of or relating to the subject matter of reasoning, having real importance or great consequences , 3. being of a physical or worldly nature, relating to or concerned with physical rather than spiritual or intellectual things , ~ly adverb ~ness noun Synonyms: see: ~see: relevant II. noun Date: 1556 1. a. the elements, constituents, or substances of which something is composed or can be made, matter that has qualities which give it individuality and by which it may be categorized , b. something (as data) that may be worked into a more finished form , something used for or made the object of study , a performer's repertoire , matter 3b, cloth, a person potentially suited to some pursuit , 2. apparatus necessary for doing or making something , materiel ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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