- [only before noun] connected with money, possessions, etc. rather than with the needs of the mind or spirit
- material possessions/wealth
- The early pioneers had few material resources at their disposal.
- Only 34% of respondents said that material goods brought them happiness.
- changes in your material circumstances
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- [only before noun] connected with the physical world rather than with the mind or spirit
- the material world
- (formal or law) important and needing to be considered
- material evidence/facts
- We must allow all material considerations to be taken into account.
- material to something She omitted information that was material to the case.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘relating to matter’): from late Latin materialis, adjective from Latin materia ‘matter’.
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