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de·ma·te·ri·al·ize D0119400 (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.dematerialize (ˌdiːməˈtɪərɪəˌlaɪz) or dematerialisevb (intr) 1. (Alternative Belief Systems) to cease to have material existence, as in science fiction or spiritualism2. to disappear without trace; vanish demaˌterialiˈzation, demaˌterialiˈsation nde•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. dematerialize Past participle: dematerialized Gerund: dematerializing
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dematerialize | dematerialize |
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I dematerialize | you dematerialize | he/she/it dematerializes | we dematerialize | you dematerialize | they dematerialize |
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I dematerialized | you dematerialized | he/she/it dematerialized | we dematerialized | you dematerialized | they dematerialized |
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I am dematerializing | you are dematerializing | he/she/it is dematerializing | we are dematerializing | you are dematerializing | they are dematerializing |
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I have dematerialized | you have dematerialized | he/she/it has dematerialized | we have dematerialized | you have dematerialized | they have dematerialized |
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I was dematerializing | you were dematerializing | he/she/it was dematerializing | we were dematerializing | you were dematerializing | they were dematerializing |
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I had dematerialized | you had dematerialized | he/she/it had dematerialized | we had dematerialized | you had dematerialized | they had dematerialized |
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I will dematerialize | you will dematerialize | he/she/it will dematerialize | we will dematerialize | you will dematerialize | they will dematerialize |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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I would dematerialize | you would dematerialize | he/she/it would dematerialize | we would dematerialize | you would dematerialize | they would dematerialize |
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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 | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | dematerialize - become immaterial; disappeardematerialisedisappear, vanish, go away - become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when day broke"materialise, materialize, happen - come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized" | Translationsdématérialiserse dématérialiserFinancialSeeDematerializationdematerializeenUK
Synonyms for dematerializeverb become immaterialSynonymsRelated WordsAntonyms- materialise
- materialize
- happen
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