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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Material \Ma*te"ri*al\, a. [L. materialis, fr. materia stuff, matter: cf. F. mat['e]riel. See {Matter}, and cf. {Mat['e]riel}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies. [1913 Webster] The material elements of the universe. --Whewell. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the {mental} or {moral} nature; relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts; as, material well-being; material comforts. [1913 Webster] 3. Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of consequence; not be dispensed with; important; significant. [1913 Webster] Discourse, which was always material, never trifling. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] I shall, in the account of simple ideas, set down only such as are most material to our present purpose. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 4. (Logic.) Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See {Matter}. [1913 Webster] {Material cause}. See under {Cause}. {Material evidence} (Law), evidence which conduces to the proof or disproof of a relevant hypothesis. --Wharton. [1913 Webster] Syn: Corporeal; bodily; important; weighty; momentous; essential. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Material \Ma*te"ri*al\, v. t. To form from matter; to materialize. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Material \Ma*te"ri*al\, n. The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made. [1913 Webster] {Raw material}, any crude, unfinished, or elementary materials that are adapted to use only by processes of skilled labor. Cotton, wool, ore, logs, etc., are raw material. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: material adj 1: concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests; "material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material comforts" 2: derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe" [ant: {immaterial}, {nonmaterial}] 3: 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" [ant: {immaterial}] 4: 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 5: having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett [syn: {corporeal}, {material}] [ant: {immaterial}, {incorporeal}] 6: 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 [syn: {substantial}, {real}, {material}] [ant: {insubstantial}, {unreal}, {unsubstantial}] n 1: 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" [syn: {material}, {stuff}] 2: 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" 3: 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" [syn: {fabric}, {cloth}, {material}, {textile}] 4: things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials" 5: a person judged suitable for admission or employment; "he was university material"; "she was vice-presidential material" From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-por-eng]: material 1. material 2. data; material From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]: material data; material From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Material /mateːriːaːl/ blurb; material; matter From Spanish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-spa-eng]: material data; material(materialo)