material
NOUN:
1. a group of ideas, facts, data, etc., that may provide the basis for or be incorporated into some integrated work:
to gather material for a history of North Carolina; to write material for a comedy show.
2. facts, notes, etc, that a finished work may be based on or derived from:
enough material for a book.
3. something (such as data) that may be worked into a more finished form:
material for a biography.
4. something used for or made the object of study:
material for the next semester.
5. apparatus necessary for doing or making something:
writing materials.
6. the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed; (component or constituent) matter:
Stone is a durable material; raw material.
7. anything that serves as crude or raw matter to be used or developed:
Wood pulp is the raw material from which paper is made.
8. any constituent element.
9. the elements, constituents, or substances of which something is composed or can be made.
10. matter that has qualities which give it individuality and by which it may be categorized:
sticky material; explosive materials.
in philosophy:
1. composed of or relating to physical as opposed to mental or spiritual substance:
the material world.
2. of or relating to matter as opposed to form.
3. of or relating to matter as distinguished from form.
in law:
1. relevant to the issue before court: applied esp to facts or testimony of much significance:
a material witness.
See also "materials".
3. likely to influence the determination of a case:
material evidence.
of cloth, fabric:
1. a textile fabric:
material for a dress.
2. cloth or fabric.
of a person:
1. a person considered as having qualities suited to a particular sphere of activity:
He is college material.
2. a person who has qualities suitable for a given occupation, training, etc:
she is university material.
3. a person potentially suited to some pursuit:
varsity material; leadership material.
of performance:
a performer's repertoire:
a comedian's material.
other:
matériel.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Late Latin māteriālis of, belonging to matter. See matter, -al^1. Synonyms: 12 essential, vital. Antonyms: 8 incorporeal. 12 unimportant. Dictionary 2: C14: via French from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māteria matter. —Dictionary.com. //
History and Etymology: Adjective and Noun: Middle English materiel, from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin materialis, from Latin materia matter — more at matter. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
1. a group of ideas, facts, data, etc., that may provide the basis for or be incorporated into some integrated work:
to gather material for a history of North Carolina; to write material for a comedy show.
2. facts, notes, etc, that a finished work may be based on or derived from:
enough material for a book.
3. something (such as data) that may be worked into a more finished form:
material for a biography.
4. something used for or made the object of study:
material for the next semester.
5. apparatus necessary for doing or making something:
writing materials.
6. the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed; (component or constituent) matter:
Stone is a durable material; raw material.
7. anything that serves as crude or raw matter to be used or developed:
Wood pulp is the raw material from which paper is made.
8. any constituent element.
9. the elements, constituents, or substances of which something is composed or can be made.
10. matter that has qualities which give it individuality and by which it may be categorized:
sticky material; explosive materials.
in philosophy:
1. composed of or relating to physical as opposed to mental or spiritual substance:
the material world.
2. of or relating to matter as opposed to form.
3. of or relating to matter as distinguished from form.
in law:
1. relevant to the issue before court: applied esp to facts or testimony of much significance:
a material witness.
See also "materials".
3. likely to influence the determination of a case:
material evidence.
of cloth, fabric:
1. a textile fabric:
material for a dress.
2. cloth or fabric.
of a person:
1. a person considered as having qualities suited to a particular sphere of activity:
He is college material.
2. a person who has qualities suitable for a given occupation, training, etc:
she is university material.
3. a person potentially suited to some pursuit:
varsity material; leadership material.
of performance:
a performer's repertoire:
a comedian's material.
other:
matériel.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Late Latin māteriālis of, belonging to matter. See matter, -al^1. Synonyms: 12 essential, vital. Antonyms: 8 incorporeal. 12 unimportant. Dictionary 2: C14: via French from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māteria matter. —Dictionary.com. //
History and Etymology: Adjective and Noun: Middle English materiel, from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin materialis, from Latin materia matter — more at matter. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.