materialise
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Therefore, the new standard design in fact has materialised as a 4-6-2 with two 20 in. cylinders and a boiler pressure of 250 lb. per sq. in."
- "Third, while there is no immediate risk of Greece being kicked out of the club, such a threat could materialise if German taxpayers were to cut up rough and exert real political pressure on Angela Merkel's government."
- "In the old Irish folklore, this is a land where no one gets old or sick and where heroes live in comfort and tranquillity. But the land of Tír na nÓg only materialises to mere mortals at certain times, under certain circumstances."
- "J H Thomas, the union's general secretary, argued in a letter to union reps on September 23 [1919] that "the long-made promise of a better world for railwaymen which was made at the time of the nation's crisis, and accepted by the railwaymen as an offer that would ultimately bear fruit, has not materialised"."
- "Camara was the Paok equivalent of Bruno Fernandes: a playmaker adept at materialising in pockets and running his team."
Etymology
Usage
- British usage