"dematerialize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌdiː.məˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə.laɪz/ [UK], /ˌdi.məˈtɪɹ.i.ə.laɪz/ [US] Audio: en-us-dematerialize.ogg [US], en-au-dematerialize.ogg [Australia] Forms: dematerializes [present, singular, third-person], dematerializing [participle, present], dematerialized [participle, past], dematerialized [past]
Etymology: From de- + materialize. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|materialize}} de- + materialize Head templates: {{en-verb}} dematerialize (third-person singular simple present dematerializes, present participle dematerializing, simple past and past participle dematerialized)
  1. (intransitive) To disappear by becoming immaterial. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive Translations ((intransitive) to disappear by becoming immaterial): se dématérialiser (French), smaterializzarsi (Italian), dematerializować się [imperfective] (Polish), zdematerializować się [perfective] (Polish), дематеріалізува́тися (dematerializuvátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-dematerialize-en-verb-PKNSdVt7 Disambiguation of '(intransitive) to disappear by becoming immaterial': 66 33 2
  2. (transitive) To cause something to disappear by making it immaterial. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Translations ((transitive) to cause to disappear by becoming immaterial): dematerialisere (Danish), dématérialiser (French), auflösen (German), smaterializzare (Italian), dematerializować [imperfective] (Polish), zdematerializować [perfective] (Polish), dematerialisera (Swedish), avmaterialisera (Swedish), дематеріалізува́ти (dematerializuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-dematerialize-en-verb-y9FLX~qR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-, Oxford spellings Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 70 14 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 28 42 29 Disambiguation of Oxford spellings: 9 86 5 Disambiguation of '(transitive) to cause to disappear by becoming immaterial': 19 80 2
  3. (transitive) To remove the physical materials from (a process, etc.). Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
    Sense id: en-dematerialize-en-verb-FDJrS-QW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dematerialise (english: non-Oxford British English) Synonyms (disappear): disappear, disintegrate, dissolve, vanish Related terms: dematerialization, materialize, materialization, rematerialize, rematerialization
Disambiguation of 'disappear': 52 46 2

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