materialises

Comes into being

Materialises is the British spelling of materializes.

To materialise is to take physical form or become real.

Ghosts materialise from thin air; long-discussed plans finally materialise into action.

The word suggests something abstract or invisible becoming concrete and perceptible: Our fears materialised when the test results came back.

The funding never materialised.

actualization

realize

Become aware of

attain · manifest · actualize · bring about · execute · implement · deliver · produce · create · generate

apparition

ghost

Apparition of the dead

spirit · vision · wraith · shade · manifestation · appear · emerge · form · shape · silhouette

formation

coalesce

Unite into one mass

take shape · precipitate · condense · congeal · develop · emerge · arise · spring · surface · come into being

conjuring

summon

Call to appear

call forth · magic · sorcery · spell · incantation · ritual · wizard · supernatural · otherworldly · enchantment

Opposites
coming into existence/visibility

materialisesvanishes

Ceases to be visible

disappears · dematerialises · evaporates · dissolves · fades

realization of expectations/plans

materialisesfalls through

Fails to happen

evaporates · collapses · dissipates · founders · flounders

Family

materialise, materialised, materialising, materialisation, dematerialise

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