materfamilias
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～ a female head of a family or tribe
material
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～ information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form; "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography"
material breach
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～ a breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract
material
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～ the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
material
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～ a person judged suitable for admission or employment; "he was university material"; "she was vice-presidential material"
material body
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～ alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
material
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～ artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
material
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～ things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials"
material
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～ having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett
material
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～ directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; "his support made a material difference"; "evidence material to the issue at hand"; "facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts"; "a material witness"
material
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～ concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests; "material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material comforts"
material
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～ having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "The wind was violent and felt substantial enough to lean against"
material
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～ derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe"
material
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～ concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; "material needs"; "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens"- T.Roosevelt
materialisation
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～ something that comes into existence as a result; "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring"; "this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts"
materialisation
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～ the process of coming into being; becoming reality; "the materialization of her dream"
materialisation
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～ an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)
materialism
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～ a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
materialism
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～ (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
materialist
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～ someone who thinks that nothing exists but physical matter