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1 ♦ material
♦ material /məˈtɪərɪəl/A a.1 materiale; corporeo; fisico; grossolano; rozzo: material wellbeing, benessere materiale; material needs, bisogni materiali; material pleasures, piaceri materiali; the material universe, l'universo fisico2 importante; essenziale: This point is material to his arguments, questo punto è essenziale alla sua argomentazione3 grande; sostanziale; rilevante: of material benefit to the homeless, di grande vantaggio per i senzatetto4 (leg.) pertinente: material evidence (o evidence that is material to the case) prove pertinenti al merito della controversiaB n. [uc]1 materiale; materia; sostanza: building material, materiale da costruzione; raw materials, materie prime; material for thought, materia (o oggetto) di meditazione; reading material, materiale di lettura4 (fig.) stoffa (fig.); attitudine: He's good salesman material, ha la stoffa per diventare un buon venditore● (org. az.) materials buyer, direttore dell'ufficio acquisti □ (org. az.) material handling, movimentazione dei materiali □ material nouns, nomi di materia □ (leg.) a material witness, un testimone chiave □ the material world, il mondo fisico (o della materia) □ from a material point of view, da un punto di vista concreto. -
2 material **** ma·terial
[mə'tɪərɪəl]1. adj1) (things, needs, success) materiale2) (important) sostanziale, essenzialematerial to — pertinente a, (Law: evidence) determinante2. n1) (substance) materiale m, materia, (cloth) stoffa, tessuto2)materials npl — occorrente mbuilding materials — materiali mpl da costruzione
3) (for novel, report) materiale m, documentazione f
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