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Meaning of material

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  material
      adj 1: concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests;
             "material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material
             comforts"
      2: derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe"
         [ant: {immaterial}, {nonmaterial}]
      3: directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; "his
         support made a material difference"; "evidence material to
         the issue at hand"; "facts likely to influence the judgment
         are called material facts"; "a material witness" [ant:
         {immaterial}]
      4: concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from
         intellectual or psychological well-being; "material needs";
         "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens"-
         T.Roosevelt
      5: having material or physical form or substance; "that which is
         created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" -
         Benjamin Jowett [syn: {corporeal}, {material}] [ant:
         {immaterial}, {incorporeal}]
      6: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not
         imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither
         substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial
         things"- Shakespeare [syn: {substantial}, {real}, {material}]
         [ant: {insubstantial}, {unreal}, {unsubstantial}]
      n 1: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a
           physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is
           the stuff they use to make bread" [syn: {material},
           {stuff}]
      2: information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used
         or reworked into a finished form; "the archives provided rich
         material for a definitive biography"
      3: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting
         natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was
         light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in
         Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough
         material for a dress" [syn: {fabric}, {cloth}, {material},
         {textile}]
      4: things needed for doing or making something; "writing
         materials"; "useful teaching materials"
      5: a person judged suitable for admission or employment; "he was
         university material"; "she was vice-presidential material"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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