things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials"
information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form; "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography"
a person judged suitable for admission or employment; "he was university material"; "she was vice-presidential material"
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe"
directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; "his support made a material difference"; "evidence material to the issue at hand"; "facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts"; "a material witness"
concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; "material needs"; "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens"- T.Roosevelt
concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests; "material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material comforts"
the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature"