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  • 1material — ► NOUN 1) the matter from which something is or can be made. 2) items needed for doing or creating something. 3) cloth or fabric. ► ADJECTIVE 1) consisting of or referring to physical objects rather than ideas or spirit. 2) important; essential;… …

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  • 2material — ma‧te‧ri‧al [məˈtɪəriəl ǁ ˈtɪr ] noun [countable usually plural] something you need to make or do something: • A shortage of building materials compounded escalating costs. ˌraw maˈterial MANUFACTURING a substance that is used to make a product:… …

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  • 3material fact — maˌterialˈfact noun 1. [countable] INSURANCE any fact which, by law, you must tell an insurance company when you buy insurance from them 2. [countable] FINANCE any fact which, by law, a company must tell people when a document giving information… …

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  • 4material — noun 1》 the matter from which a thing is or can be made.     ↘items needed for an activity.     ↘a person of a specified quality or suitability: he s not really Olympic material. 2》 information or ideas for use in creating a book, performance, or …

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  • 5material fallacy — noun : a reasoning that is unsound because of an error concerning the subject matter of an argument compare formal fallacy * * * material fallacy noun (philosophy) A fallacy in the matter or thought, rather than in the logical form • • • Main… …

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  • 6material alteration — noun (law) A deliberate alteration (of date, amount, etc) to a bill of exchange, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑material …

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  • 7material distinction — noun The distinction between individuals of the same species • • • Main Entry: ↑material …

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  • 8material evidence — noun Evidence tending to prove or to disprove the matter under judgement • • • Main Entry: ↑material …

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  • 9material fact — noun Any fact known to a potential insurant which might influence the provision of an insurance contract and which he or she is therefore obliged to disclose • • • Main Entry: ↑material …

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  • 10material implication — noun An implication as defined in classical propositional logic, leading to the truth of paradoxes of implication such as Q (P P), to be read as any proposition whatsoever is a sufficient condition for a true proposition . Syn: material… …

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