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verb
To disappear by becoming immaterial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive
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verb
To cause something to disappear by making it immaterial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
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verb
To remove the physical materials from (a process, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
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verb
become immaterial; disappear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dematerialise
Antonyms: materialize
Broader terms: vanish, disappear, go away
History
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 *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English materialize English dematerialize From de- + materialize.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
