Materialising

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The process of something becoming real or taking physical form
2. Changing from an idea or concept into an actual presence
3. Coming into existence in a tangible or visible way

Etymology: "Materialising" is the British spelling of "materializing," the present participle of a verb built from "material" and the suffix "-ise." The base word "material" comes from Latin "materialis," which concerns matter or substance, and the "-ise" ending turns it into a verb meaning to make something become a physical thing. The verb's French counterpart, "matérialiser," shows the same construction, so English took the pattern from French. The original sense is simply about matter, the stuff things are made of, so the verb's core idea is turning something abstract or imagined into something you can touch or see. Its uses in English broadened from literal physical appearance, as with a ghost taking shape, to figurative ones, such as a plan or hope finally becoming reality.

Synonyms: emerging, appearing, manifesting