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“Materialized” or “Materialised”

Language

Materialized and materialised are both English terms.

Usage

Materialized is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while materialised is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana
materialized 99 70 89 100 100 44 0 100 52 0 0 0
materialised 1 30 11 0 0 56 0 0 48 0 0 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "materialized" over "materialised" (99 to 1).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a preference for "materialized" over "materialised" (70 to 30).
  • In India, there is a preference for "materialized" over "materialised" (89 to 11).
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "materialized" over "materialised" (100 to 0).
  • In Canada, there is a preference for "materialized" over "materialised" (100 to 0).
  • In Australia, there is a 56 to 44 preference for "materialised" over "materialized".
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "materialized" and "materialised".
  • In Ireland, there is a preference for "materialized" over "materialised" (100 to 0).
  • In New Zealand, there is a preference for "materialized" over "materialised" (52 to 48).
  • In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "materialized" and "materialised".
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "materialized" and "materialised".
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "materialized" and "materialised".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use materialized or materialised with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “materialized”

  • be done, the Prussian attack materialized.
  • Evidence never clearly materialized, but Alexander was held out
  • but such a government never materialized due to conflicts inside the
  • so far no move has materialized for the centre-back.
  • the images and they had materialized into the ectoplasm.
  • The film never materialized.
  • Super Collider; however, that never materialized.
  • complete that the blockade never materialized.
  • Jong-il, so the plan never materialized.
  • By doing so, God materialized himself; and, if God once

Examples of “materialised”

  • market but the A380 never materialised as a 747 replacement, with
  • about his future, no move materialised and he eventually joined former
  • However, the new ground never materialised and Ilford subsequently merged with
  • This series has not yet materialised.
  • An upturn in form never materialised and as the season wore
  • station at the depot never materialised.
  • and no such car ever materialised.
  • 2006–07 season but no move materialised.
  • to Real Madrid had not materialised.
  • red kangaroo, a domestic retreat materialised.


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