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Material Materially Kind Qualities Abilities Job Task Things

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If you say that someone is a particular kind of m_______, you mean that they have the qualities or abilities to do a particular job or task .If you say that someone is a particular kind of material, you mean that they have the qualities or abilities to do a particular job or task .
She was not university material.
His message has changed little since he became presidential material.
word material
full-definition
noun
A material is a solid substance.
...electrons in a conducting material such as a metal.
...the design of new absorbent materials.
...recycling of all materials.
Material is cloth.
...the thick material of her skirt.
The materials are soft and comfortable to wear.
Materials are the things that you need for a particular activity .
The builders ran out of materials.
...sewing materials.
Ideas or information that are used as a basis for a book, play, or film can be referred to as material .
In my version of the story, I added some new material.
...the film producer's debt to the author of original screen material.
If you say that someone is a particular kind of material, you mean that they have the qualities or abilities to do a particular job or task .
She was not university material.
His message has changed little since he became presidential material.
adjective
Material things are related to possessions or money, rather than to more abstract things such as ideas or values .
Every room must have been stuffed with material things.
...the material world.
...his descriptions of their poor material conditions.
He has tried to help this child materially and spiritually.
They believe that a tough, materially poor childhood is character-building.
The object has no real value, materially or emotionally.
Material evidence or information is directly relevant and important in a legal or academic argument .
The nature and availability of material evidence was not to be discussed.
They contend that the company failed to disclose material information.
inflections materialsmaterially
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