material
ma·te·ri·al (mə-tîrʹē-əl)n. 1. The substance or substances out of which a thing is or can be made. 2. Something, such as an idea or information, that is to be refined and made or incorporated into a finished effort: material for a comedy. 3. materials Tools or apparatus for the performance of a given task: writing materials. 4. Yard goods or cloth. 5. A person who is qualified or suited for a position or activity: The members of the board felt that she was vice-presidential material.adj. 1. Of, relating to, or composed of matter. 2. Of, relating to, or affecting physical well-being; bodily: “the moral and material welfare of all good citizens” (Theodore Roosevelt). 3. Of or concerned with the physical as distinct from the intellectual or spiritual: “Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world” (Ralph Waldo Emerson). 4. Being both relevant and consequential; crucial: testimony material to the inquiry. See Synonyms at relevant. 5. Philosophy. Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, rather than the form. [Middle English, consisting of matter, material, from Old French, from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māteria, matter. See māter- in Indo-European Roots.] ma·teʹri·al·ness n.
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