Betekenis van material In het Nederlands

• 0 a physical substance that things can be made from:

  • building materials, such as stone

  • Crude oil is used as the raw (= basic) material for making plastics.

• 1 information used when writing something such as a book, or information produced in various forms to help people or to advertise products:

  • I'm in the process of collecting material for an article that I'm writing.

• 2 cloth that can be used to make things such as clothes:

  • How much material will you need to make the skirt?

• 3 equipment that you need for a particular activity:

  • "Do we need any writing materials?" "Only a pen and a pencil."

  • teaching materials

• 4 relating to physical objects or money rather than emotions or the spiritual world:

  • the material world

  • Material wealth never interested her.

• 5 important or having an important effect:

  • If you have any information that is material to the investigation, you should state it now.

• 6 a type of physical thing, such as wood, stone, or plastic, having qualities that allow it to be used to make other things:

  • a hard/soft material

  • The sculpture was made of various materials, including steel, copper wire, and rubber.

• 7 cloth that can be used to make clothes, curtains, etc.:

  • [ U ] What kind of material are you going to use for the curtains?

• 8 equipment or supplies needed for a particular activity:

  • [ C usually pl ] The money will be spent on educational materials.

• 9 information used when writing something such as a book, or information produced to help people or to advertise products:

  • [ U ] He is working in the library gathering material for the article he is writing.

• 10 a physical substance that things can be made from:

  • The cost of labour and materials has risen up to 40% in a short period.

  • building/construction materials The buildings also use recycled building materials and consume less water.

  • traditional/natural/recycled materials There is increasing demand for products made from recycled materials.

  • hazardous/toxic/radioactive material

• 11 printed documents, books, computer programs, etc. that give information, especially ones intended for a particular purpose:

  • publicity/marketing/promotional material According to their publicity material, the new rates are the lowest in the UK.

  • teaching/training materials The video and other training materials were created in-house.

  • printed/published material Some people prefer to receive information face-to-face, rather than through published material.

• 12 information used when writing something:

  • She gave me a lot of useful material for my presentation.

  • The journalist had been collecting material for an article on the President.

• 13 relating to physical objects or money:

  • Increased material wealth is delivered by today's economic system.

  • He cares more about job satisfaction than material things.