See material on Wiktionary
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"form": "material",
"tags": [
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},
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}
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"hyphenation": "ma‧te‧ri‧al",
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"text": "The raw materials for the goods are mostly imported from Canada."
},
{
"text": "After the earthquake, it took a long time to rebuild because the building materials were often unavailable."
},
{
"text": "He spent a year researching and gathering material before writing the book."
}
],
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"Material is the things or ideas that are used in making or doing something."
],
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"countable & uncountable"
],
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"word": "fabric"
},
{
"word": "ingredients"
},
{
"word": "matter"
},
{
"word": "substance"
},
{
"word": "stuff"
}
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"ipa": "/məˈtɪri.əl/",
"tags": [
"US"
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},
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"ipa": "/məˈtɪərɪəl/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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"audio": "en-us-material.ogg",
"tags": [
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]
}
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},
{
"form": "more material",
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},
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"form": "most material",
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}
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"word": "spiritual"
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"glosses": [
"Material things are things in the real world, often money."
],
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"usually before a noun"
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"word": "physical"
},
{
"word": "significant"
}
]
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"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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],
"glosses": [
"If something is material, it is big and important."
],
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}
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"UK"
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"audio": "en-us-material.ogg",
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}
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"word": "material"
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{
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],
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"text": "The raw materials for the goods are mostly imported from Canada."
},
{
"text": "After the earthquake, it took a long time to rebuild because the building materials were often unavailable."
},
{
"text": "He spent a year researching and gathering material before writing the book."
}
],
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"Material is the things or ideas that are used in making or doing something."
],
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],
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"word": "fabric"
},
{
"word": "ingredients"
},
{
"word": "matter"
},
{
"word": "substance"
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{
"word": "stuff"
}
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"US"
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"US"
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}
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}
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},
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"word": "physical"
},
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"word": "significant"
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],
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],
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}
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"tags": [
"US"
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},
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"ipa": "/məˈtɪərɪəl/",
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"UK"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-material.ogg",
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"US"
]
}
],
"word": "material"
}
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