material
/məˈtɪɹ.i.əl/ adjective B1- Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical. · This compound has a number of interesting material properties.
- Of, relating to, or affecting physical well-being; corporeal; bodily. · material needs
- Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, as distinguished from the form of it, especially empirical. · material cause· the material aspect of being
- Having real importance or great consequences; significant; substantial. · found a material difference between two things· You've made several material contributions to this project.
- Relating to or concerned with what is purely physical rather than intellectual or spiritual, especially excessively so; materialistic. · the material world· interested only in material progress
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Collins, “I am particularly obliged to you for this friendly caution, and you may depend upon my not taking so material a step without her Ladyship’s concurrence.”
Wickham’s society was of material service in dispelling the gloom which the late perverse occurrences had thrown on many of the Longbourn family.
A Bricklayer earnestly recommended bricks as affording the best material for an effective resistance.
Upon which a Currier stood up and said, “Sirs, I differ from you altogether: there is no material for resistance equal to a covering of hides; and nothing so good as leather.”
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