(materializes, materializing, materialized)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'materialise'
1.
If a possible or expected event does not materialize, it does not happen.
A rebellion by radicals failed to materialize...
VERB: usu with brd-neg, V
2.
If a person or thing materializes, they suddenly appear, after they have been invisible or in another place.
Tamsin materialized at her side, notebook at the ready...
= appear
VERB: V