Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
The quality of being material; having a physical existence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The quality of being of consequence to a legal decision.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of being physical; consisting of matter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: physicalness, corporeality, corporality
Antonyms: immateriality
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: concreteness, tangibility, tangibleness, palpability, substantiality, substantialness, solidness, reality
noun
relevance requiring careful consideration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: immateriality
Broader terms: relevance, relevancy
History
From material (adjective and noun) + -ity, perhaps modelled on Latin māteriālitās.
