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material

/məˈtɪərɪəl/

US pronunciation
American sound/məˈtɪərɪəl/
məˈtɪərɪəl
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

mə - ˈtɪərɪəl -> material

Myanmar meaning

(n) ပစ္စည်း (adj) ရုပ်ဝတ္ထု

Full entry

material /mǝ'tÇǝriǝl/ n

၁။ [C,U] ပစ္စည်း။ အထည်။ အလားအလာ ရှိသူ။ raw materials for industry (eg oil, metals, etc) ❍ building materials (eg bricks, sand, glass, etc) ❍ writing materials (eg pens, paper, ink) ❍ We only use highquality material for our products. ❍ (fig ) He is not managerial material (ie will not become a good manager).
၂။ [U,C] အထည်။ အသား။ အစ။ enough material to make a skirt and blouse ❍ cotton/woollen material ❍ sell dressmaking materials.
၃။ [U] စာအုပ်၊ ဆောင်းပါး စသည်အတွက် အချက်အလက် ကုန်ကြမ်း။ She's collecting material for a newspaper article.
adj
၁။ ရုပ်ဝတ္ထု၊ အထည် ကိုယ်ဒြပ်ရှိသော။ ရုပ်။ the material world. Compare IMMATERIAL ၂
၂။ ရုပ်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာ။ our material needs (eg food and drink) ❍ material wealth/goods ❍ You think too much of material comforts. Compare SPIRITUAL ၁
၃။ ~ (to sth) (fml or law ) အရေးကြီးသော။ အဓိကကျသော။ material evidence ❍ Is this point material to your argument? Compare IMMATERIAL ၁
❏ materially /-iǝli/ adv ပစ္စည်းဥစ္စာအားဖြင့် (သို့) အခြေခံအားဖြင့်။ materially deprived (ie poor) ❍ That does not materially affect my argument (ie in a significant way).

More examples
  • Her dress was made of a thin lacy material.
  • Heavy material for making curtains
  • Brick was used as the main building material for local churches.
  • Radioactive/organic material
  • All waste material is recycled where possible.
  • Newspaper articles are a good source of material for stories.
  • The concert will include material from their new album.
  • Publicity material
  • Staff are expected to produce their own teaching materials.
  • He wasn’t really officer material.
Synonyms
fabric, cloth, textile, stuff, actual, ad rem, animal, applicable, applicative, apposite, appreciable, apropos, associated, background, being, big, bodily, body, bolt, cardinal, carnal, central, component, concrete, consequential, considerable, constituent, corporeal, crop, data, earthly, element, entity, equipment, essential, evidence, facts, factual, fleshly, fundamental, gear, germane, goods, grave, habiliments, ideas, important, incarnate, indispensable, individual, information, ingredient, intrinsic, key, machinery, materiel, matter, meaningful, measurable, momentous, nonspiritual, notes, object, objective, outfit, palpable, paraphernalia, perceptible, pertinent, phenomenal, physical, piece goods, pointful, primary, quantifiable, raw material, reading, real, relevant, sensible, sensual, serious, significant, solid, staple, stock, substance, substantial, substantive, supply, tackle, tangible, text, thing, true, visible, vital, weighty, work, worldly, written matter, yard goods
Antonyms
abstract, auxiliary, concept, dishonest, ethereal, false, immaterial, imperceptible, inanimate, incorporeal, inessential, insignificant, insubstantial, intangible, invalid, irrelevant, little, meaningless, mental, minor, nonessential, secondary, small, spiritual, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial, whole
Cross references
fabricclothtextilestuffactualad remanimalapplicableapplicativeappositeappreciableaproposassociatedbackgroundbeingbigbodilybodyboltcardinalcarnalcentralcomponentconcreteconsequentialconsiderableconstituentcorporeal
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