material-material: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is material?

  • The substance or substances out of which a thing is or can be made.

    La sustancia o sustancias que una cosa es o puede ser hecha.

  • Something, such as an idea or information, that is to be refined and made or incorporated into a finished effort: material for a comedy.

    Algo, como una idea o información, que debe ser refinado y hecho o incorporado en un esfuerzo final: material para una comedia.

  • Tools or apparatus for the performance of a given task: writing materials.

    Herramientas o aparatos para la realización de una tarea dada: materiales para escribir.

  • Yard goods or cloth.

    Mercancías de la yarda o paño.

  • A person who is qualified or suited for a position or activity: The members of the board felt that she was vice-presidential material.

    Una persona que es calificada o adecuada para una actividad o posición: los miembros de la Junta consideraron que ella era material de Vicepresidencia.

  • Of, relating to, or composed of matter.

    Relativo a, o compuesto de materia.

  • Of, relating to, or affecting physical well-being; bodily: "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens” ( Theodore Roosevelt).

    De, en relación con, o que afecta el bienestar físico; corporal:

  • 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).

    O preocupado por lo físico como distinto del intelectual o espiritual:

  • Being both relevant and consequential; crucial: testimony material to the inquiry. See Synonyms at relevant.

    Siendo pertinentes y consecuentes; crucial: testimonio material de la investigación. Ve los sinónimos correspondientes.

  • Philosophy Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, rather than the form.

    Filosofía de o en relación a la materia de razonamiento, en lugar de la forma.

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