Materials - English meaning

noun

The part of a picture, scene, or design that forms a setting for the main figures or objects, or appears furthest from the viewer.

Usage examples:

The house stands against a background of sheltering trees

verb

Form a background to.

Usage examples:

Windswept land backgrounded by the rockies

noun

Things that appear to be farther away or behind what is nearer or in front, esp. in a picture

Usage examples:

[ c ] he photographed the models against different backgrounds., [ u ] with so much noise in the ba…

noun

Woven or felted fabric made from wool, cotton, or a similar fibre.

Usage examples:

A broad piece of pleated cloth

noun

Material made by weaving cotton, wool, or other fibers, or a piece of such material

Usage examples:

[ u ] cloth diapers, [ u ] cloth napkins, [ u ] a cloth coat, [ c ] he used a damp cloth to clean t…

noun

Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.

Usage examples:

There is very little data available

noun

A piece of information.

Usage examples:

The fact is a datum worth taking into account

noun

Information, especially facts or numbers, collected to be examined and considered and used to help decision-making, or information in an electronic form that can be stored and used by a computer

Usage examples:

The data was/were collected by various researchers., now the data is/are being transferred from mag…

noun

An individual fact or item.

Usage examples:

We shall consider every detail of the bill

verb

Give full information about.

Usage examples:

The report details proposals to improve public transport

phrase

Information about someone or something

Usage examples:

A police officer took down the details of what happened., uk can i have your details (= name and ad…

noun

A substance, such as mud or dust, that soils someone or something.

Usage examples:

Jo wiped the dirt off her face

noun

Earth or a substance like it that has gotten on the surface of something such as your skin

Usage examples:

I sat on the ground and got dirt on my pants., after the rain, the woods smelled of wet dirt and gr…

noun

Material that provides official information or evidence or that serves as a record.

Usage examples:

You will have to complete the relevant documentation

noun

Official papers, or written material that provides proof of something

noun

Official or legal documents that are needed in order to prove something

Usage examples:

Provide/produce documentation many lenders are now requiring borrowers to provide documentation of …

noun

A piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record.

Usage examples:

The site provides access to official documents and reports, but not any political analysis.

verb

Record (something) in written, photographic, or other form.

Usage examples:

The photographer spent years documenting the lives of miners

noun

A drug taken illegally for recreational purposes, especially cannabis.

Usage examples:

My dad caught me smoking dope

verb

Administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to enhance or inhibit sporting performance.

Usage examples:

The horse was doped before the race

adjective

Administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to inhibit or enhance sporting performance.

Usage examples:

The horse was doped before the race

noun

The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.

Usage examples:

The study finds little evidence of overt discrimination

verb

Be or show evidence of.

Usage examples:

The quality of the bracelet, as evidenced by the workmanship, is exceptional

noun

Anything that helps to prove that something is or is not true

Usage examples:

These figures are being given as evidence of economic growth., the fbi has found no evidence of a c…

noun

Cloth or other material produced by weaving or knitting fibres.

Usage examples:

Heavy cream fabric

noun

Cloth or woven material, or a type of this material

Usage examples:

[ u ] cotton fabric, [ c ] wash delicate fabrics by hand., extreme social activism might rip apart …

noun

Cloth

Usage examples:

Consumers are demanding lighter, easy-to-care-for fabrics., competition from overseas fabric produc…

noun

A thing that is known or proved to be true.

Usage examples:

He ignores some historical and economic facts

noun

Information.

Usage examples:

You've got more gen on him than we have

verb

Find out about.

Usage examples:

We genned up on the agencies that had done the work

noun

Short for generation.

Usage examples:

The next gen of consoles

noun

A thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action.

Usage examples:

The idea of linking pay to performance has caught on

noun

Information.

Usage examples:

The essential info that every seasoned traveller knows

noun

Facts provided or learned about something or someone.

Usage examples:

A vital piece of information

noun

News, facts, or knowledge

Usage examples:

An important piece of information, can you give us some information on tours to alaska?, informatio…

noun

Facts or details about a person, company, product, etc.

Usage examples:

Gather/get/obtain information can you tell me where i can obtain further information?, ask for/requ…

adjective

Used to describe a person or action that is very dishonest and unfair

Usage examples:

That was a low-down thing to do.

noun

Physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy.

Usage examples:

The structure and properties of matter

verb

Be important or significant.

Usage examples:

It doesn't matter what the guests wear

noun

A situation or subject that is being dealt with or considered

Usage examples:

Her arrival complicates matters even further., i think this is a matter best left to the mayor to d…

noun

An agency or means of doing something.

Usage examples:

Using the latest technology as a medium for job creation

adjective

About halfway between two extremes of size or another quality; average.

Usage examples:

John is six feet tall, of medium build

adjective

Being in the middle between an upper and lower amount, size, or degree; average

Usage examples:

He was a man of medium height., the shirt is available in small, medium, and large sizes., would yo…

noun

A brief record of points or ideas written down as an aid to memory.

Usage examples:

I'll make a note in my diary

verb

Notice or pay particular attention to (something).

Usage examples:

He noted his mother's unusual gaiety

phrase

Information written on paper

Usage examples:

The wind blew my notes all over the room., the reporter took notes throughout the interview., i mad…

noun

Material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances, used for writing, drawing, or printing on, or as wrapping material.

Usage examples:

A sheet of paper

verb

Apply wallpaper to (a wall or room).

Usage examples:

The walls were papered in a regency stripe

plural noun

Official documents

Usage examples:

The guard asked to see my papers.

noun

A detail.

Usage examples:

He is wrong in every particular

adjective

Used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class.

Usage examples:

The action seems to discriminate against a particular group of companies

adjective

Especially great or intense.

Usage examples:

When handling or checking cash the cashier should exercise particular care

noun

A fact or piece of data obtained from a study of a large quantity of numerical data.

Usage examples:

The statistics show that the crime rate has increased

plural noun

The practice or science of collecting and analysing numerical data in large quantities, especially for the purpose of inferring proportions in a whole from those in a representative sample.

Usage examples:

Standard error is a mathematical tool used in statistics to measure variability

plural noun

A collection of numerical facts or measurements, as about people, business conditions, or weather

Usage examples:

The statistics show that, in general, women live longer than men., there is little statistical evid…

noun

Matter, material, articles, or activities of a specified or indeterminate kind that are being referred to, indicated, or implied.

Usage examples:

I prefer to buy stuff in sales

verb

Fill (a receptacle or space) tightly with something.

Usage examples:

An old teapot stuffed full of cash

verb

The tangible substance that goes into a physical object

noun

A particular kind of matter with uniform properties.

Usage examples:

A steel tube coated with a waxy substance

noun

A material with particular physical characteristics

Usage examples:

The pesticide contains a substance that is toxic to insects., surprisingly, these filmmakers opted …

noun

A type of cloth or woven fabric.

Usage examples:

A fascinating range of pottery, jewellery, and textiles

adjective

Relating to fabric or weaving.

Usage examples:

The textile industry

adjective

Used by nudists in reference to non-nudists.

Usage examples:

Textile beaches