materialize
Translation
to materialize, to appear, to happen
Examples
The promised funding never materialized.
The promised funding never materialized.
A strange figure materialized in the doorway.
A strange figure materialized in the doorway.
Grammar Patterns
((sth.)) materializes The plan never materialized.
((sb./sth.)) materializes ((in/from/out of sth.)) A figure materialized in the doorway.
Similar Words
Synonyms: appear, emerge, happen; Antonyms: disappear, vanish
Etymology
From 'material' + the verb-forming suffix '-ize'. Literally 'to make material'.
Memory Tips
Think of an idea becoming 'material' (physical or real). This '-ize' spelling is standard in American English.