make

B2
Pronunciation
/meɪk/
/meɪk/
Noun
17 definition(s)
1 Definition

Brand or kind; model.

Example Sentences
  • What make of car do you drive?
2 Definition

Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made); form.

3 Definition

Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.

Example Sentences
  • The camera was of German make.
4 Definition

A person's character or disposition.

5 Definition

The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.

6 Definition

Quantity produced, especially of materials.

7 Definition

A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.

8 Definition

Identification or recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.

9 Definition

(usually in phrase "easy make") Past, present or future target of seduction (usually female).

10 Definition

A promotion.

11 Definition

A home-made project

12 Definition

Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.

13 Definition

A made basket.

14 Definition

The closing of an electrical circuit.

15 Definition

Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.

16 Definition

A halfpenny.

17 Definition

An agricultural tool resembling a scythe, used to cut (harvest) certain plants such as peas, reeds, or tares.

Verb
35 definition(s)
1 Definition

To create.

2 Definition

To behave, to act.

Example Sentences
  • He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.
3 Definition

To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.

4 Definition

To constitute.

Example Sentences
  • One swallow does not a summer make.
5 Definition

To add up to, have a sum of.

Example Sentences
  • Two and four make six.
6 Definition

(construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.

Example Sentences
  • I don’t know what to make of it.
7 Definition

(usually stressed) To bring into success.

Example Sentences
  • She married into wealth and so has it made.
8 Definition

(ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.

Synonyms
render
Example Sentences
  • Did I make myself heard?
9 Definition

To cause to appear to be; to represent as.

10 Definition

(ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).

Example Sentences
  • I was made to feel like a criminal.
11 Definition

(ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.

Example Sentences
  • Don’t let them make you suffer.
12 Definition

(ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.

Example Sentences
  • His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.
13 Definition

(of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.

14 Definition

(law enforcement) To recognise, identify, spot.

15 Definition

To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.

Example Sentences
  • We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.
16 Definition

To proceed (in a direction).

Example Sentences
  • Make for the hills! It's a wildfire!
17 Definition

To cover (a given distance) by travelling.

18 Definition

To move at (a speed).

Example Sentences
  • The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.
19 Definition

To appoint; to name.

20 Definition

To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).

21 Definition

To defecate or urinate.

22 Definition

To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).

Example Sentences
  • He didn't make the choir after his voice changed.
23 Definition

To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.

24 Definition

To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.

25 Definition

To enact; to establish.

26 Definition

To develop into; to prove to be.

Example Sentences
  • She'll make a fine president.
27 Definition

To form or formulate in the mind.

Example Sentences
  • made a questionable decision
28 Definition

To perform a feat.

Example Sentences
  • make a leap
29 Definition

To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.

Example Sentences
  • In the end, my class didn't make, which left me with a bit of free time.
30 Definition

To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.

31 Definition

To increase; to augment; to accrue.

32 Definition

To be engaged or concerned in.

33 Definition

To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.

34 Definition

To take the virginity of.

35 Definition

To have sexual intercourse with.