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de·ma·te·ri·al·ize
(dē′mə-tîr′ē-ə-līz′)v. de·ma·te·ri·al·ized, de·ma·te·ri·al·iz·ing, de·ma·te·ri·al·iz·es
v.tr.
1. To deprive of physical substance; make immaterial: medieval architects' attempts to dematerialize church walls into streams of light.
2. To reduce the amount of material required for (a product or process): dematerialized the semiconductor industry.
3. To convert (records, for example) from paper to digital or electronic form.
v.intr.
To lose physical substance; become immaterial: The dry ice seemed to dematerialize as it sublimated.
de′ma·te′ri·al·i·za′tion (-ə-lĭ-zā′shən) n.
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dematerialize
(ˌdiːməˈtɪərɪəˌlaɪz) ordematerialise
vb (intr)
1. (Alternative Belief Systems) to cease to have material existence, as in science fiction or spiritualism
2. to disappear without trace; vanish
demaˌterialiˈzation, demaˌterialiˈsation n
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de•ma•te•ri•al•ize
(ˌdi məˈtɪər i əˌlaɪz)v.t., v.i. -ized, -iz•ing.
to deprive of or lose material character.
[1880–85]
de`ma•te`ri•al•i•za′tion, n.
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dematerialize
Past participle: dematerialized
Gerund: dematerializing
| Imperative |
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| dematerialize |
| dematerialize |
| Present |
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| I dematerialize |
| you dematerialize |
| he/she/it dematerializes |
| we dematerialize |
| you dematerialize |
| they dematerialize |
| Preterite |
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| I dematerialized |
| you dematerialized |
| he/she/it dematerialized |
| we dematerialized |
| you dematerialized |
| they dematerialized |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am dematerializing |
| you are dematerializing |
| he/she/it is dematerializing |
| we are dematerializing |
| you are dematerializing |
| they are dematerializing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have dematerialized |
| you have dematerialized |
| he/she/it has dematerialized |
| we have dematerialized |
| you have dematerialized |
| they have dematerialized |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was dematerializing |
| you were dematerializing |
| he/she/it was dematerializing |
| we were dematerializing |
| you were dematerializing |
| they were dematerializing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had dematerialized |
| you had dematerialized |
| he/she/it had dematerialized |
| we had dematerialized |
| you had dematerialized |
| they had dematerialized |
| Future |
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| I will dematerialize |
| you will dematerialize |
| he/she/it will dematerialize |
| we will dematerialize |
| you will dematerialize |
| they will dematerialize |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have dematerialized |
| you will have dematerialized |
| he/she/it will have dematerialized |
| we will have dematerialized |
| you will have dematerialized |
| they will have dematerialized |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be dematerializing |
| you will be dematerializing |
| he/she/it will be dematerializing |
| we will be dematerializing |
| you will be dematerializing |
| they will be dematerializing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been dematerializing |
| you have been dematerializing |
| he/she/it has been dematerializing |
| we have been dematerializing |
| you have been dematerializing |
| they have been dematerializing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been dematerializing |
| you will have been dematerializing |
| he/she/it will have been dematerializing |
| we will have been dematerializing |
| you will have been dematerializing |
| they will have been dematerializing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been dematerializing |
| you had been dematerializing |
| he/she/it had been dematerializing |
| we had been dematerializing |
| you had been dematerializing |
| they had been dematerializing |
| Conditional |
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| I would dematerialize |
| you would dematerialize |
| he/she/it would dematerialize |
| we would dematerialize |
| you would dematerialize |
| they would dematerialize |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have dematerialized |
| you would have dematerialized |
| he/she/it would have dematerialized |
| we would have dematerialized |
| you would have dematerialized |
| they would have dematerialized |
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Verb 1. dematerialize - become immaterial; disappear
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Translations
dématérialiser se dématérialiser
dematerialize
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