Material and Portion

Material

Material noun - The basic elements from which something can be developed.

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Portion and material are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Portion" instead a noun "Material".

Portion noun - A state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand.

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Material and portion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Material" instead a noun "Portion".

Nearby Words: portioned, portioning, porting, portionless

live	live material	live portion
human	human material	human portion
good	good material	good portion
better	better material	better portion
Other adjectives: certain, solid, top, actual, big, great, animated, new, early, later, written, earlier.

Performance Video: Most of the movie, with the first portion being The Beatles rehearsing their new material and the latter portion being them playing the finished songs live.

Source: Film / Let It Be
They take a good portion of their material from Latter-Day Saint beliefs and culture, though they often use scenarios from everyday college life or completely different scenarios entirely.

Source: Theatre / BYU Divine Comedy
Song: Oh boy... A fair portion of VdGG's material, especially the epic "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers", which fits this trope to a tee.

Source: Music / Van Der Graaf Generator

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