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make
verb
A1
/meɪk/
To create.
To build, construct, produce, or originate.
transitive
To write or compose.
transitive
To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
transitive
To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
transitive
To prepare (food); to cook (food).
transitive
To behave, to act.
colloquial, intransitive
To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
intransitive
To constitute.
To add up to, have a sum of.
transitive
To interpret.
transitive
To bring into success.
stressed, transitive, usually
To cause to be.
ditransitive
To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
ditransitive
To force to do.
ditransitive
To indicate or suggest to be.
ditransitive
To cover neatly with bedclothes.
transitive
To recognise, identify, spot.
US, slang, transitive
To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
colloquial, transitive
To proceed (in a direction).
colloquial, intransitive
To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
transitive
To move at (a speed).
transitive
To appoint; to name.
To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
slang, transitive
To defecate or urinate.
colloquial, euphemistic, intransitive
To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
transitive
To achieve coverage in; to appear in.
transitive
To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
transitive
To enact; to establish.
To develop into; to prove to be.
To study or train so as to become (a profession); to grow up to be (something).
Appalachia
To form or formulate in the mind.
To perform a feat.
To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.
intransitive
To take the virginity of.
euphemistic, transitive
To have sexual intercourse with.
transitive
Of water, to flow toward land; to rise.
intransitive
To establish two or more men on (a point) so that it cannot be captured.
transitive
Forms
he/she/it
makes
-ing form
making
past participle
made
past
made
Example sentences
35309 results
I make €100 a day.
Tatoeba
Seriously though, episode 21 made me almost cry while laughing.
Tatoeba
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make
Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.
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