materialise

A verb used to indicate the act of becoming actual or real, or of appearing suddenly or unexpectedly.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de devenir réel ou concret, ou d'apparaître soudainement ou de manière inattendue.

1. Become reality B2 formal

   To become a physical reality or tangible fact after being planned, expected, or hoped for.

   • Her dream of owning a home finally materialised after years of saving.
   • The promised funding did not materialise, forcing the project to be cancelled.
   • His plan to start a business never materialised due to a lack of support.
   • We waited for the storm to materialise, but the sky remained clear.

   🇫🇷se réaliser

   Synonymes: come abouthappenoccurtake shape

   Antonymes: disappearevaporatefadevanish

2. Appear unexpectedly B2 formal

   To appear suddenly or become visible, often in a surprising way.

   • A figure materialised out of the fog on the deserted road.
   • The magician made a dove materialise in his hands.
   • As the fog lifted, the castle materialised before their eyes.
   • She seemed to materialise from nowhere, startling everyone in the room.

   🇫🇷apparaître soudainement

   Synonymes: appearariseemergemanifestpop upshow upspring upsurfaceturn up

   Antonymes: disappearvanish

• materialised past participle
• materialized past participle
• materialised past simple
• materialized past simple
• materialising present participle
• materializing present participle
• materialises third person singular
• materializes third person singular