make (m k)v. made (m d), mak·ing, makes v.tr. 1. To cause to exist or happen; bring about; create: made problems for us; making a commotion. 2. To bring into existence by shaping, modifying, or putting together material; construct: make a dress; made a stone wall. 3. To form by assembling individuals or constituents: make a quorum. 4. To change from one form or function to another: make clay into bricks. 5. a. To cause to be or become: made her position clear; a decision that made him happy. b. To cause to assume a specified function or role: made her treasurer; made Austin his home. 6. a. To cause to act in a specified manner: Heat makes gases expand. b. To compel: made him quit. 7. a. To form in the mind: make an estimate. b. To compose: make verses. 8. a. To prepare; fix: make dinner. b. To get ready or set in order for use: made the bed. c. To gather and light the materials for (a fire). 9. a. To engage in: make war. b. To carry out; perform: make a phone call; make an incision. 10. To achieve, produce, or attain: made peace between the two sides; not making sense; didn't make the quota. 11. a. To institute or establish; enact: make laws. b. To draw up and execute in a suitable form: make a will. c. To arrange or agree to: make a date. 12. a. To arrive at; reach: made Seattle in two hours. b. To reach in time: just made the plane. 13. a. To attain the rank or position of: made lieutenant. b. To acquire a place in or on: made the baseball team; made the newspapers. 14. a. To gain or earn, as by working: make money. b. To behave so as to acquire: make friends. c. To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal. 15. a. To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play. b. To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team. 16. To be suited for: Oak makes strong furniture. 17. To develop into: will make a fine doctor. 18. a. To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision. b. To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet. c. To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it. 19. a. To constitute: Ten members make a quorum. b. To add up to: Two and two make four. c. To amount to: makes no difference. 20. To cover (a distance): made 200 miles before sunset 21. To constitute the essence or nature of: Clothes make the man. 22. To cause to be especially enjoyable or rewarding: You made my day. 23. To appear to begin (an action): She made to leave. 24. Slang To persuade to have sexual intercourse. v.intr. 1. To act or behave in a specified manner: make merry; make free. 2. To begin or appear to begin an action: made as if to shake my hand. 3. To cause something to be as specified: make ready; make sure. 4. To proceed in a certain direction: made for home; made after the thief. 5. Slang To pretend to be; imitate. Used with like: made like a ballerina. 6. To undergo fabrication or manufacture: This wool makes up into a warm shawl. 7. To rise or accumulate: The tide is making. n. Phrasal Verbs: 1. The act or process of making; manufacturing. 2. The style or manner in which a thing is made: disliked the make of my coat. 3. The amount produced, especially the output of a factory. 4. A specific line of manufactured goods, identified by the manufacturer's name or the registered trademark: a famous make of shirt. 5. The physical or moral nature of a person; character or disposition: found out what make of man he was. 6. Slang Identification of a person or thing, often from information in police records: Did you get a make on the thief? make for 1. To have or produce (a particular effect or result): small details that make for comfort. 2. To help promote; further: makes for better communication. make off To depart in haste; run away. make out 1. To discern or see, especially with difficulty: I could barely make out the traffic signs through the rain. 2. To understand: could not make out what she said. 3. To write out; draw up: made out the invoices. 4. To fill in (a form, for example). 5. Informal To represent as being: made me out to be a liar. 6. Informal To try to establish or prove: He made out that he was innocent. 7. To get along in a given way; fare: made out well in business. 8. Slang a. To neck; pet. b. To have sexual intercourse. make over 1. To redo; renovate. 2. To change or transfer the ownership of, usually by means of a legal document: made over the property to her son. make up 1. To put together; construct or compose: make up a prescription. 2. To constitute; form: Ten years make up a decade. 3. a. To alter one's appearance for a role on the stage, as with a costume and cosmetics. b. To apply cosmetics. 4. To devise as a fiction or falsehood; invent: made up an excuse. 5. a. To make good (a deficit or lack): made up the difference in the bill. b. To compensate for: make up for lost time. 6. To resolve a quarrel: kissed and made up. 7. To make ingratiating or fawning overtures. Used with to: made up to his friend's boss. 8. To take (an examination or course) again or at a later time because of previous absence or failure. 9. To set in order: make up a room. 10. Printing To select and arrange material for: made up the front page. make with Slang Idioms: 1. To bring into use: a flirt making with the eyes. 2. To put forth; produce: always making with the jokes. make a clean breast of To confess fully. make a face To distort the features of the face; grimace. make a go of To achieve success in: have made a go of the business. make away with 1. To carry off; steal. 2. To use up or consume. 3. To kill or destroy. make believe To pretend. make bold To venture: I will not make so bold as to criticize such a scholar. make book To accept bets on a race, game, or contest. make do To manage to get along with the means available: had to make do on less income. make ends meet To manage so that one's means are sufficient for one's needs. make eyes To ogle. make fun of To mock; ridicule. make good 1. To carry out successfully: made good his escape. 2. To fulfill: made good her promise. 3. To make compensation for; make up for: made good the loss. 4. To succeed: made good as a writer. make hay To turn to one's advantage: The candidate's opponents made hay of the scandal. make heads or tails of To understand: I couldn't make heads or tails of the report. make history To do something memorable or spectacular enough to influence the course of history: The first space flight made history. make it 1. Informal To achieve a goal; be successful. finally made it as an actor. 2. Slang To have sexual intercourse. make light of To treat as unimportant: He made light of his illness. make love 1. To engage in amorous caressing. 2. To engage in sexual intercourse. make much of To treat as of great importance. make no bones about To be forthright and candid about; acknowledge freely: They make no bones about their dislike for each other. make off with To snatch or steal: made off with the profits. make (one's) day To give one great pleasure. make (one's) peace with To bring oneself to accept; reconcile oneself to. make (one's) way 1. To go forward; advance. 2. To succeed, especially in making a living. make sail 1. To begin a voyage. 2. To set sail. make sense 1. To be coherent or intelligible: an explanation that made sense. 2. To be practical or advisable: It makes sense to go now. make something of To start a fight or quarrel over. make the grade To measure up to a given standard. make the most of To use to the greatest advantage. make the scene Slang 1. To put in an appearance: made the scene at the party. 2. To participate in a specified activity: made the drug scene. make time 1. To travel speedily. 2. To travel at a specified rate: We made good time getting to town. 3. Slang To make progress toward attracting someone: tried to make time with the new neighbor. make tracks Slang To move or leave in a hurry. make up (one's) mind To decide between alternatives; come to a definite decision or opinion. make waves Slang To cause a disturbance or controversy. make way 1. To give room for passage; move aside. 2. To make progress. on the make Slang 1. Aggressively striving for financial or social improvement: a young executive on the make. 2. Eagerly seeking a sexual partner. [Middle English maken, from Old English macian; see mag- in Indo-European roots.] mak  a·ble, makea·ble adj. |
make
Verb
[making, made]
1. to create, construct, establish, or draw up; bring into being: houses made of stone, he will have to make a will
2. to cause to do or be; compel or induce: please make her go away
3. to bring about or produce: don't make a noise
4. to carry out or perform: he made his first trip to China in 1987, she made an obscene gesture
5. to appoint: they made him caretaker manager
6. to come into a specified state or condition: to make merry
7. to become: she will make a good diplomat
8. to cause or ensure the success of: that news has made my day
9. to amount to: 5 and 5 make 10
10. to earn or be paid: they must be making a fortune
11. to have the qualities of or be suitable for: what makes this book such a good read?
12. to prepare for use: she forgot to make her bed
13. to be the essential element in: confidence makes a good salesman
14. to use for a specified purpose: they will make this town their base
15. to deliver: he made a very good speech
16. to consider to be: what time do you make it?
17. to cause to seem or represent as being: her girlish pigtails made her look younger than she was, she made the experience sound most unpleasant
18. to acquire: she doesn't make friends easily
19. to engage in: they made war on the Turks
20. to travel a certain distance or to a certain place: we can make at least three miles before it gets dark
21. to arrive in time for: he didn't make the first act of the play
22. to win or score: he made a break of 125
23. Informal to gain a place or position on or in: to make the headlines
24. make a day or night of it to cause an activity to last a day or night
25. make eyes at Old-fashioned to flirt with or ogle
26. make it Informal
a. to be able to attend: I'm afraid I can't make it to your party
b. to be successful
27. make like Slang, chiefly US & Canad
a. to imitate
b. to pretend
28. make to or as if to or as though to to act with the intention or with a show of doing something: she made as if to hit him
Noun
1. manufacturer; brand: what make of car is that?
2. the way in which something is made
3. on the make Slang out for profit or conquest
maker n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  make - a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" |
| 2. |  make - the act of mixing cards haphazardlyreordering - a rearrangement in a different order reshuffling, reshuffle - shuffling again; "the gambler demanded a reshuffle" riffle - shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners | |
| Verb | 1. |  make - engage in; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution"make - perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call" overdo, exaggerate - do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups" |
| 2. | make - give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear" render - cause to become; "The shot rendered her immobile" get, let, have - cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" leave - act or be so as to become in a specified state; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless" | |
| 3. | make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" beget, father, sire, engender, mother, generate, bring forth, get - make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" procreate, reproduce, multiply - have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate" regenerate - form or produce anew; "regenerate hatred" clear - make a way or path by removing objects; "Clear a path through the dense forest" distil, distill, extract - extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound" puncture - make by piercing; "puncture a hole" twine - make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope" cleave - make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock" track - make tracks upon short, short-circuit - create a short circuit in re-create - create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" grind - created by grinding; "grind designs into the glass bowl" bring forth, generate - bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami" make for, wreak, bring, work, play - cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" bring up, call down, conjure, conjure up, invoke, call forth, put forward, arouse, evoke, stir, raise - summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands create, make - create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" actualise, actualize, realize, substantiate, realise - make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" cause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" turn in, put on - carry out (performances); "They turned in a splendid effort"; "They turned in top jobs for the second straight game" bear, turn out - bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers" create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch build, construct, make - make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" assemble, put together, tack together, set up, piece, tack - create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" style - make consistent with a certain fashion or style; "Style my hair"; "style the dress" strike - produce by ignition or a blow; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match" | |
| 4. | make - cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" decide - cause to decide; "This new development finally decided me!" persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" bring - induce or persuade; "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well" solicit - incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents" encourage - spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife" let - actively cause something to happen; "I let it be known that I was not interested" lead - cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks" suborn - induce to commit perjury or give false testimony; "The President tried to suborn false witnesses" | |
| 5. | make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" shape, determine, influence, regulate, mold - shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" initiate, pioneer - take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants" make - compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat" occasion - give occasion to call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke - evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple" incite, motivate, prompt, propel, actuate, move - give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" facilitate - increase the likelihood of (a response); "The stimulus facilitates a delayed impulse" | |
| 6. | make - create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" breed - cause to procreate (animals); "She breeds dogs" prefabricate - produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally underproduce - produce below capacity or demand; "The East German factories were underproducing for many years" output - to create or manufacture a specific amount; "the computer is outputting the data from the job I'm running" pulse, pulsate - produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube" custom-make, customise, customize, tailor-make - make to specifications; "I had this desk custom-made for me" turn out - produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery; "This factory turns out saws" machine - make by machinery; "The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars" churn out - produce something at a fast rate; "He churns out papers, but they are all about the same topic" overproduce - produce in excess; "The country overproduces cars" elaborate - produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; "The bee elaborates honey" put out - put out considerable effort; "He put out the same for seven managers" laminate - create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material bootleg - produce or distribute illegally; "bootleg tapes of the diva's singing" generate - produce (energy); "We can't generate enough power for the entire city"; "The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity" generate, yield, render, give, return - give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" create, make - create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" extrude, squeeze out - form or shape by forcing through an opening; "extrude steel" smelt - extract (metals) by heating reproduce - make a copy or equivalent of; "reproduce the painting" preassemble, prefabricate - to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings fudge together, throw together - produce shoddily, without much attention to detail print, publish - put into print; "The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce"; "These news should not be printed" confect - make or construct proof - make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset | |
| 7. | make - make, formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?" make - calculate as being; "I make the height about 100 feet" create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands | |
| 8. | make - compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat" cause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" drive - compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment; "She finally drove him to change jobs" | |
| 9. | make - create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" do, make - create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest" produce, create, make - create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" design - create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner; "Chanel designed the famous suit" design - create designs; "Dupont designs for the house of Chanel" | |
| 10. | make - earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" make - act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies" acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" squeeze out, eke out - make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living as a painter" turn a profit, profit - make a profit; gain money or materially; "The company has not profited from the merger" rake off - take money from an illegal transaction take home, bring home - earn as a salary or wage; "How much does your wife take home after taxes and other deductions?" rake in, shovel in - earn large sums of money; "Since she accepted the new position, she has been raking it in" gross - earn before taxes, expenses, etc. | |
| 11. | make - create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest" | |
| 12. | make - to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction" constitute, make up, comprise, be, represent - form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" chelate - form a chelate, in chemistry add - constitute an addition; "This paper will add to her reputation" | |
| 13. | make - reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade" | |
| 14. | make - be or be capable of being changed or made into; "He makes a great host"; "He will make a fine father" become - come into existence; "What becomes has duration" | |
| 15. | make - make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones" compile - use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch fabricate, manufacture, construct - put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal" fashion, forge - make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks" cooper - make barrels and casks | |
| 16. | make - perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call" perform, do, execute - carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" pay - render; "pay a visit"; "pay a call" | |
| 17. | make - make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" revet - construct a revetment dry-wall - construct with drywall; "dry-wall the basement of the house" lock - build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels wattle - build of or with wattle rebuild, reconstruct - build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb" groin - build with groins; "The ceiling was groined" cantilever - construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed; "Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings" build - be engaged in building; "These architects build in interesting and new styles" corduroy - build (a road) from logs laid side by side channelise, channelize - make a channel for; provide with a channel; "channelize the country for better transportation" | |
| 18. | make - change from one form into another; "make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks" | |
| 19. | make - act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies" behave, act, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | |
| 20. | make - charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" rename - name again or anew; "He was renamed Minister of the Interior" | |
| 21. | make - achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" make - act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies" | |
| 22. | make - reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" catch up - reach the point where one should be after a delay; "I caught up on my homework" get at, access - reach or gain access to; "How does one access the attic in this house?"; "I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof" bottom out - reach the low point; "Prices bottomed out and started to rise again after a while" peak, top out - to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929";"Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million" summit, breast - reach the summit (of a mountain); "They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit" top - reach or ascend the top of; "The hikers topped the mountain just before noon" make - reach in time; "We barely made the plane" make - reach in time; "We barely made the plane" find - succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrow found its mark" culminate - reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body come through, get through - succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems; "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister" run aground, ground - hit or reach the ground | |
| 23. | make - institute, enact, or establish; "make laws" | |
| 24. | make - carry out or commit; "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas" commit, perpetrate, pull - perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery" | |
| 25. | make - form by assembling individuals or constituents; "Make a quorum" get together, assemble, gather - get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members" make - add up to; "four and four make eight" | |
| 26. | make - organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course" direct - be in charge of | |
| 27. | make - put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room" clean up, neaten, square away, tidy, tidy up, straighten, straighten out - put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" make - gather and light the materials for; "make a fire" | |
| 28. | make - head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains" head - to go or travel towards; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains" | |
| 29. | make - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, piss, wee, wee-wee, urinate, piddle, puddle, make - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" dung - defecate; used of animals | |
| 30. | make - undergo fabrication or creation; "This wool makes into a nice sweater" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | |
| 31. | make - be suitable for; "Wood makes good furniture" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | |
| 32. | make - add up to; "four and four make eight" arithmetic - the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations make - form by assembling individuals or constituents; "Make a quorum" number, total, amount, add up, come - add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" make - amount to; "This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living" | |
| 33. | make - amount to; "This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living" amount - be tantamount or equivalent to; "Her action amounted to a rebellion" make - add up to; "four and four make eight" | |
| 34. | make - constitute the essence of; "Clothes make the man" constitute, make up, comprise, be, represent - form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" | |
| 35. | make - appear to begin an activity; "He made to speak but said nothing in the end"; "She made as if to say hello to us" | |
| 36. | make - proceed along a path; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest" claw - move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging; "They clawed their way to the top of the mountain" jostle - make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving; "We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform" go across, pass, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" bushwhack - cut one's way through the woods or bush work - proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity; "work your way through every problem or task"; "She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived"; "Start from the bottom and work towards the top" | |
| 37. | make - reach in time; "We barely made the plane" | |
| 38. | make - gather and light the materials for; "make a fire" create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch | |
| 39. | make - prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch deglaze - dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring flambe - pour liquor over and ignite (a dish) put on - put on the stove or ready for cooking; "put on the tea, please!" devil - coat or stuff with a spicy paste; "devilled eggs" precook - cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long; "precook the rice" lard - prepare or cook with lard; "lard meat" make - gather and light the materials for; "make a fire" | |
| 40. | make - induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" seduce - lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct; "She was seduced by the temptation of easy money and started to work in a massage parlor" | |
| 41. | make - assure the success of; "A good review by this critic will make your play!" assure, ensure, guarantee, insure, secure - make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" break - cause the failure or ruin of; "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"; "This play will either make or break the playwright" | |
| 42. | make - represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress" dissemble, feign, pretend, sham, affect - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" go through the motions - pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it; "She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions" | |
| 43. | make - consider as being; "It wasn't the problem some people made it" consider, regard, view, reckon, see - deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" make - calculate as being; "I make the height about 100 feet" | |
| 44. | make - calculate as being; "I make the height about 100 feet" estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge - judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" make - consider as being; "It wasn't the problem some people made it" | |
| 45. | make - cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; "make my day" | |
| 46. | make - favor the development of; "Practice makes the winner" develop - generate gradually; "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone" | |
| 47. | make - develop into; "He will make a splendid father!" | |
| 48. | make - behave in a certain way; "make merry" | |
| 49. |  make - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, piss, wee, wee-wee, urinate, piddle, puddle urinate - pass after the manner of urine; "The sick men urinated blood" wet - make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed" stale - urinate, of cattle and horses ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, take a shit, shit, stool, make - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" |
make
verb 1. produce, cause, create, effect, lead to, occasion, generate, bring about, give rise to, engender, beget
verb 3. force, cause, press, compel, drive, require, oblige, induce, railroad (informal) constrain, coerce, impel, dragoon, pressurize, prevail upon
verb 4. appoint, name, select, elect, invest, install, nominate, assign, designate, hire as, cast as, employ as, ordain, vote in as, recruit as, engage as, enlist as
verb 5. create, build, produce, manufacture, form, model, fashion, shape, frame, construct, assemble, compose, forge, mould, put together, originate, fabricate
verb 7. earn, get, gain, net, win, clear, secure, realize, obtain, acquire, bring in, take in, fetch
verb 10. calculate, judge, estimate, determine, think, suppose, reckon, work out, compute, gauge, count up, put a figure on
noun 11. brand, sort, style, model, build, form, mark, kind, type, variety, construction, marque make as if pretend, affect, give the impression that, feign, feint, make a show of, act as if or though
make away or off with something steal, nick (slang), chiefly Brit. pinch (informal) nab (informal) carry off, swipe (slang) knock off (slang) pilfer, cart off (slang) purloin, filch make believe pretend, play, enact, feign, play-act, act as if or though make do manage, cope, improvise, muddle through, get along or by, scrape along or by
make for something
1. head for, aim for, head towards, set out for, be bound for, make a beeline for, steer (a course) for, proceed towards
2. contribute to, produce, further, forward, advance, promote, foster, facilitate, be conducive to make it (Informal)
3. succeed, be successful, prosper, be a success, arrive (informal) get on, make good, cut it (informal) get ahead, make the grade (informal) crack it (informal) make it big, get somewhere, distinguish yourself
make off flee, clear out (informal) abscond, fly, bolt, decamp, hook it (slang) do a runner (slang) run for it (informal) slope off, cut and run (informal) beat a hasty retreat, fly the coop U.S., Canad. (informal) make away, skedaddle (informal) take a powder U.S., Canad. (slang) take to your heels, run away or off
make something out
1. see, observe, distinguish, perceive, recognize, detect, glimpse, pick out, discern, catch sight of, espy, descry
2. understand, see, work out, grasp, perceive, follow, realize, comprehend, fathom, decipher, suss (out) (slang) get the drift of
4. pretend, claim, suggest, maintain, declare, allege, hint, imply, intimate, assert, insinuate, let on, make as if
make something up invent, create, construct, compose, write, frame, manufacture, coin, devise, hatch, originate, formulate, dream up, fabricate, concoct, cook up (informal) trump up
make up settle your differences, shake hands, make peace, bury the hatchet, call it quits, forgive and forget, mend fences, become reconciled, declare a truce, be friends again
make up for something compensate for, redress, make amends for, atone for, balance out, offset, expiate, requite, make reparation for, make recompense for
make up something
Translations
make [meɪk] vt [pt, pp made] [meɪd] → hacer (= manufacture); hacer, fabricar (= cause to be): to make sb sad → poner triste or entristecer a algn (= force): to make sb do sth → obligar a algn a hacer algo (= equal): 2 and 2 make 4 → 2 y 2 son 4
n → marca;
to make do with → contentarse con
make for vt fus [+ place] → dirigirse a
make off vi → largarse
make out vt (= decipher) → descifrar (= understand); entender (= see); distinguir (= write) [+ cheque] → extender;
vi → reconciliarse;
(with cosmetics) → maquillarse;
make up for vt fus → compensar
make [meɪk] vt [made , pt , pp ] [meɪd] → faire (= manufacture); faire, fabriquer (= earn); gagner [+ decision]; prendre [+ friend]; se faire [+ speech]; faire, prononcer (= cause to be);
to make a fool of sb (= ridicule) → ridiculiser qn (= trick); avoir or duper qn;
to be made of → être en;
to make do with → se contenter de; se débrouiller avec
make off vi → filer
make out vt (= write out) [+ cheque] → faire (= decipher); déchiffrer (= understand); comprendre (= see); distinguer (= claim, imply); prétendre, vouloir faire croire;
make over vt (= assign);
to make over (to) → céder (à), transférer (au nom de)
vi → se réconcilier;
to be made up of → se composer de
make [meɪk] [made , pt, pp ] vt → machen;
(clothes) → nähen;
(cake) → backen;
(speech) → halten;
(manufacture) → herstellen;
(earn) → verdienen;
(cause to be);
(force);
(equal);
to make a fool of sb → jdn lächerlich machen;
to make it (arrive) → es schaffen;
to make good → erfolgreich sein;
(promise) → einlösen;
(damage) → wiedergutmachen;
(loss) → ersetzen;
make off make vi → sich davonmachen
make out make vt (decipher) → entziffern;
(understand) → verstehen;
(see) → ausmachen;
(write) (cheque) → ausstellen;
(claim, imply) → behaupten;
to make out a case for sth make → für etw argumentieren
make over make vt to make over (to) → überschreiben (+dat)
make up make vt (constitute) → bilden;
(invent) → erfinden;
(prepare) (bed) → zurechtmachen: (parcel) → zusammenpacken
to make up one's mind → sich entscheiden;
make up for make vt fus (loss) → ersetzen;
(disappointment etc) → ausgleichen
make [meɪk] vt [pt made, pp ] [meɪd] → fare (= manufacture); fare, fabbricare (= cause to be): to make sb sad etc → rendere qn triste etc (= force): to make sb do sth → costringere qn a fare qc, far fare qc a qn (= equal): 2 and 2 make 4 → 2 più 2 fa 4
n → fabbricazione f (= brand); marca;
vt [+ deficit] → colmare [+ losses]; compensare;
to make do with → arrangiarsi con
make off vi → svignarsela
make out vt (= write out) → scrivere (= understand); capire (= see); distinguere: [+ numbers]; decifrare (= claim, imply): to make out (that) → voler far credere (che);
to make out a case for sth → presentare delle valide ragioni in favore di qc
make over vt (= assign): to make over (to) → passare (a), trasferire (a)
vi → conciliarsi;
(with cosmetics) → truccarsi;
make up for vt fus → compensare; ricuperare
v make [meik]
1 to create, form or produce God made the Earth; She makes all her own clothes; He made it out of paper; to make a muddle/mess of the job; to make lunch/coffee; We made an arrangement/agreement/deal/bargain. maak يَصْنَع، يَعْمَل създавам (s)tvořit; (u)dělat; sjednat skabe; lave; gøre machen κάνω, δημιουργώ, κατασκευάζω hacer, construir, fabricar tegema ساختن tehdä faire לִיצוֹר, לַעֲשוֹת निर्माण करना, बनाना činiti készít, csinál membuat gera, búa til fare, creare 作る 만들다 (pa)daryti, (su)kurti, (pa)ruošti, sudaryti gatavot; taisīt; radīt membuat maken lage, skape, forme tworzyć, robić fazer a face делать (s)tvoriť: (u)robiť; uzavrieť narediti praviti göra, tillverka, skapa ทำ yapmak 制造，构成，制定 робити; утворювати بنانا، تخلیق کرنا làm; tạo ra 制造，构成，制定
2 to compel, force or cause (a person or thing to do something) They made her do it; He made me laugh. laat يُجْبِر، يُسَبِّب، يَجْعَل накарвам přimět få til at bringen zu κάνω, (εξ)αναγκάζω hacer, obligar (tegema) panema مجبور کردن saada tekemään faire לְהַכרִיחַ कुछ करने के लिए किसी को बाध्य करना primoravati, prisiljavati késztet memaksa láta gera, fá til að gera fare ～させる ...하게 하다 (pri)versti likt, piespiest memaksa laten tvinge, få til å zmusić, spowodować, skłonić do obrigar a face (să), a determina заставлять;вынуждать prinútiť pripraviti koga do česa naterati få (förmå) att, tvinga att บังคับ yaptırmak, mecbur etmek 使...做... примушувати, спонукати کروانا bắt buộc 使...做...
3 to cause to be I made it clear; You've made me very unhappy. maak يَجْعَل причинявам učinit gøre machen κάνω, καθιστώ hacer, poner, volver tegema باعث شدن tehdä joksikin rendre לִגרוֹם किसी को नाराज इत्यादि करना učiniti tesz vkit, vmit vmivé menyebabkan vekja tilteknar tilfinningar hjá e-m, valda, orsaka rendere ～にする 어떤 상태로 만들다 padaryti []darīt menyebabkan maken gjøre uczynić tornar a face (с)делать urobiť narediti učiniti göra ก่อให้เกิด neden/sebep olmak 使...成為 робити ظاہر کرنا، عمل کرنا làm nên 使...成为
4 to gain or earn He makes $100 a week; to make a profit. verdien يَرْبَح печеля vydělat; dosáhnout tjene machen βγάζω, κερδίζω ganar, hacer teenima بدست اوردن tienata gagner, faire לְהַרווִיחַ कमाना, अर्जन करना ostvarivati keres (pénzt) memperoleh þéna guadagnare 得る 얻다, 벌다 uždirbti, gauti pelnīt memperoleh maken tjene, innbringe zarabiać, uzyskiwać ganhar a câştiga получать zarobiť; dosiahnuť zaslužiti zarađivati tjäna, göra [] หาได้ kazanmak, kâr etmek 得到 заробляти نفع کمانا kiếm được 得到
5 (of numbers etc) to add up to; to amount to 2 and 2 make(s) 4. is يُساوي، يُصْبِح مَجْموعُه правя činit, dělat være; være lig med ergeben κάνω, ισούμαι με ser, equivaler võrduma شدن olla yhteensä faire שָׁווֶה ל- संख्या इत्यादि जुड़ कर होते हैं čini kitesz (valamennyit) menjadi gera, vera fare ～となる (계산이) ...으로 되다 būti, sudaryti veidot, sastādīt menjadi maken være, utgjøre być, wynosić perfazer a face составлять; равняться byť znašati davati bli เท่ากับ ... etmek, ...-e eşit olmak 總計 становити, складати برابر ہونا bằng 总计
6 to become, turn into, or be He'll make an excellent teacher. uitmaak يُصْبِح ставам být, stát se blive; blive til sich erweisen als γίνομαι ser, hacer (kellestki) tuleb شدن tulla joksikin faire לַהֲפוֹך לְ- बनना postati válik belőle menjadi verða, vera efni í diventare, essere ～になる ...이 되다 tapti, būti kļūt menjadi worden bli być, stać się ser a fi, a deveni стать; быть byť, stať sa postati postati bli กลายเป็น olmak 成為... ставати, робитися کچھ بننا یا کوئی عمل کرنا trở thành 成为...
7 to estimate as I make the total 483. skat يُقَدِّر изчислявам ocenit (na) anslå schätzen υπολογίζω calcular umbes arvama تخمین زدن arvioida estimer (à) לְהַעֲרִיך आकलन करना ostvariti becsül menaksir áætla valutare 見積もる 어림하다 apskaičiuoti, nustatyti (dydį) lēst; uzskatīt menaksir schatten anslå oceniać jako calcular a estima считать, полагать oceniť (na) oceniti procenjivati få till, uppskatta till คาดคะเน tahmin etmek 估計 оцінювати اندازہ لگانا ước lượng 估计
8 to appoint, or choose, as He was made manager. bevorder tot يُعَيِّن، يَخْتار назначавам ustanovit udnævne til; vælge som machen zu διορίζω, προάγω nombrar, elegir nimetama انتخاب شدن nimittää, valita nommer לְמַנוֹת नियुक्त करना, चुनना imenovati kinevez mengangkat gera að nominare 任命する 임명하다 paskirti, išrinkti iecelt (amatā) melantik benoemen gjøre til, utnevne mianować, wybierać ser nomeado a numi назначать ustanoviť imenovati postaviti utnämna (utse) till แต่งตั้ง atamak, tayin etmek 聘任，推選 призначати, затверджувати انتخاب کرنا، بنانا bổ nhiệm 聘任，推选
9 used with many nouns to give a similar meaning to that of the verb from which the noun is formed He made several attempts (= attempted several times); They made a left turn (= turned left); He made (= offered) a suggestion/proposal; Have you any comments to make? maak يقومُ ب، يُقَدِّم، يَعْمَلُ правя učinit gøre machen κάνω (συνοδεύεται με ουσιαστικό) hacer tegema انجام دادن tehdä faire (...) לַעֲשוֹת सलाह, प्रस्ताव इत्यादि učiniti (általában:) tesz mengajukan gera (. . .) fare ～する (동작·운동)을 하다 (pa)daryti veikt, []darīt mengajukan doen gjøre, komme med uczynić, robić, wykonywać fazer a face сделать urobiť dati göra [], komma [], lägga [] ใช้กับนามที่สร้างจากกริยาโดยยังมีความหมายคล้ายคำกริยานั้น yapmak, bulunmak 与表示動詞的名詞連用，即具有那個名詞的意思 із деякими іменниками утворює фразове дієслово, яке за значенням відповідає іменнику کئی اسموں کے ساتھ اسی اسم کے فعل کے معنی میں مستعمل sử dụng với danh từ và mang nghĩa như động từ mà nó tạo thành 与表示动词的名词连用，即具有那个名词die Marke μάρκα marca mark نوع merkki marque יַצרָן ब्रांड, मेक djelo, tvorevina gyártmány buatan, merek gerð marca 型 상표, 브랜드 markė, fasonas, modelis fasons; modelis; marka buatan merk merke, fabrikat, modell marka marca marcă марка značka znamka model märke ยี่ห้อ marka 樣式 марка; модель نوع یا برانڈ hãng sản xuất 样式
n maker
a person who makes a tool-maker; a dressmaker. maker صانِع، صاحِب производител výrobce -mager; producent; -producent der Fabrikant κατασκευαστής fabricante, creador tegija سازنده valmistaja, tekijä fabricant/-ante יַצרָן रचनाकार, निर्माता izrađivač, stvoritelj készítő pembuat framleiðandi fabbricante 製造業者 제작자 gamintojas, darytojas, dirbėjas izgatavotājs pembuat maker -skaper, –produsent producent oque faz fabricant производитель výrobca izdelovalec tvorac -makare, tillverkare ผู้ผลิต yapan kimse 制造者 той, хто робить щось بنانے والے شخص người chế tạo 制造者
n making
the process of producing or forming something glassmaking; (also adjective ) the road-making industry. maak صُنْع، إنْشاء، تَكْوين производство výroba; výrobní fremstilling; -fremstilling die Fabrikation; -herstellend κατασκευή fabricación valmistamine تولید valmistus (de) fabrication יִיצוּר बनाने या उत्पादन की प्रक्रिया proizvodnja gyártás pembuatan framleiðsla fabbricazione 製作 제조 gamyba, darymas izgatavošana pembuatan vervaardiging framstilling, laging produkcja, budowa produtora de (de) fabricaţie/(de) construcţie производство výroba; výrobný izdelovanje stvaranje tillverkning การผลิต yapma 制造 виробництво تخلیق ہونے کا عمل quá trình làm 制造
n make-beˈlieve
the act or art of pretending and imagining a world of make-believe; (also adjective ) a make-believe world. oëverblindery إدِّعاء، تَظاهُر، تَخَيُّلي илюзия fikce; fiktivní forestillelse; forestillings- die Heuchelei; Schein-... φαντασίες, ψέματα, εξαπάτηση, φανταστικός simulación, fingimiento kujutlused, fantaasiad متقاعد کردن kuvittelu semblant; imaginaire דִמיוֹן, הַעֲמָדַת פָּנִים छल कपट prividnost színlelés kepura-puraan uppgerð, ímyndun finzione; di finzione 見せかけ 속임수 vaizduotė, įsivaizdavimas, įsivaizduojamas izlikšanās; izdoma; fantāzija kepura-puraan fantasie fantasi(verden); fantasi- udawanie, udawany constituição fantezie; imaginar воображение; фантазия fikcia; fiktívny pretveza maštanje inbillning, fantasi; låtsas- การเสแสร้ง hayâl, yapmacık şey 假裝 вигадка, фантазія تصور اور خیالات کی دنیا giả bộ 假装
n make-ˌover
a (complete) change in a person's appearance made by cosmetic treatment, new hairstyle, new clothes etc. groot verandering تَغْيير تام гримиране předělání, změna (vzhledu) typeændring; stilændring die Rundum-erneuerung μεταμόρφωση (με καλλυντικά κτλ.) transformación ümber tegemine, muutmine تغیر یافتن changement de look מַהֲפַּך बाल की शैली, कपड़े, कास्मेटिक प्रक्रिया से किसी का रूप-रंग एकदम बदल देना prerađevina, promjena átalakulás perubahan penampilan metamorfosi イメージチェインジ išvaizdos pakeitimas ārējā tēla kardināla pārmaiņa mengubah luaran sama sekali metamorfose bli-ny-opplegg zmiana wyglądu преображение zmena, prerobenie (imidžu) nova podoba preobražaj förvandling, ny stil แต่งหน้า (modelini) değiştirmek, yenilemek 化裝后面貌翻新 цілковита зміна зовнішності بھیس بدلنا trang điểm 化装后面貌翻新
adj makeshift
temporary and usually of poor quality a makeshift garden shed. tydelike بَديل مُؤَقَّت временен provizorní midlertidig der Notbehelf προσωρινός, αυτοσχέδιος improvisado, provisional ajutine موقتی tilapäinen de fortune תַחֲלִיף זְמִני कामचलाऊ privremen ideiglenes (tákolmány) sementara bráðabirgða- improvvisato 間に合わせの 임시 변통의 laikinas aizstājējs, pagaidu līdzeklis sementara ge{#225}{#139}{#225}mproviseerd midlertidig, provisorisk, improvisert prowizoryczny provizoriu временный provizórny začasen; boren improvizovan provisorisk, tillfällig ซึ่งทดแทนชั่วคราว geçici 代用品; 湊合的 тимчасовий; саморобний عارضی، وقتی tạm thời 代用品; 凑合的
n make-up
1 cosmetics applied to the face etc She never wears any make-up. grimering ماكياج: تَجْميل الوَجْه грим líčidla makeup; sminke das Make-up μακιγιάζ maquillaje meik ارایش meikki maquillage אִיפּוּר श्रृंगार šminka smink kosmetik andlitsfarði trucco 化粧 화장, 화장품 veido kosmetika, grimas grims; dekoratīvā kosmētika alat solek make{#169}up sminke makijaż декоративная косметика kozmetické prostriedky, kozmetická úprava ličilo, šminka šminka makeup, smink เครื่องสำอาง makyaj 化妝品 грим; косметика چہرے کی آرائش، سنگھار trang điểm 化妆品
2 the set, or combination, of characteristics or ingredients that together form something, eg a personality; composition Violence is just not part of his make-up. karaktereienskap تَكوين الشَّخْصِيَّه، مبنى الشَّخْصِيَّه съставки charakter personlighed; væsen die Veranlagung χαρακτήρας, ψυχοσύνθεση carácter loomus شخصیت olla ominaista constitution, caractère אוֹפִי स्वभाव ustrojstvo felépítés, összeállítás kepribadian gerð; lunderni carattere; costituzione 性格 기질, 성질 charakteris, būdas, prigimtis raksturs, iedaba keperibadian aard sammensetning; karakter, vesen skład, osobowość, charakter характер; состав charakter osebnost karakter sammansättning, natur, läggning การแต่งหน้า yapı(lış) 性格 склад; натура شخصیت، خصوصیات bản chất 性格
have the makings of
to have the clear ability for becoming Your son has the makings of an engineer. vermoëns صِفات، خِصال، مُكَوِّنات предпоставки schopnosti have evner; anlæg das Zeug haben zu έχω τα φόντα να γίνω tener madera de (millekski) eeldusi olema توانایی کاره ای شدن olla ainesta johonkin avoir l'étoffe de יֶש לוֹ אֶת הַנתוּנים לִהיוֹת इंजीनियर इत्यादि बनने की स्पष्ट क्षमता होना potrebita svojstva megvannak az adottságai berbakat vera efni/efniviður í avere la stoffa di ～の素質がある ...의 소질이 있다, ...의 가능성을 보이다 turėti kokius įgimtus gabumus dotības kebolehan menjadi aanleg ha anlegg for/forutsetninger for mieć zadatki na ter o estofo de a avea stofă de иметь задатки schopnosti biti človek za imati sposobnost ha goda förutsättningar att bli มีความสามารถที่จะเป็น...อย่างเห็นได้ชัด gerekli nitelikleri olmak 有...的素質 мати задатки, здібності نمایاں قابلیت tố chất 有...的素质
in the making
being made or formed at this very moment A revolution is in the making. besig om plaas te vind في مَرْحَلَة التَّكْوين образуващ се v utváření, ve zrodu i sin vorden im Entstehen στα σκαριά en formación sündimas رخ دادن tekeillä, suunnitteilla en formation בְּתַהֲלִיך निर्माण में u stvaranju készülőben van berlangsung í mótun in corso 形成中 제작중인 atsiradimo/formavimosi procese tapšanas procesā sedang dibuat in voorbereiding tilblivende, som tar form, i sin begynnelse w trakcie/w fazie tworzenia em formação în devenire, în formare в процессе создания/развития vo vývoji v nastajanju u procesu nastajanja i vardande กำลังสร้าง yapılmakta, olmakta 在發展中 у процесі становлення زیر تشکیل đang hình thành 在发展中
make a/one's bed
to tidy and straighten the sheets, blankets etc on a bed after it has been used The children make their own beds every morning. maak jou bed op يُرتِّب الفِراش оправям легло stlát postel rede seng das/sein Bett machen στρώνω κρεβάτι hacer la cama voodit üles tegema مرتب کردن تخت sijata vuoteensa faire le/son lit לְהַצִיע מִיטָה बिस्तर ठीक करना pospremiti beágyaz membereskan tempat tidur búa um rifare il letto ベッドを整える 잠자리를 정리하다 kloti lovą []klāt gultu mengemas katil opmaken re opp senga ścielić łóżko fazer a cama a-şi face patul заправлять постель postlať postlati spremiti krevet bädda sängen จัดเตียง yatak yapmak 鋪床 заправляти ліжко بستر لگانا dọn dẹp 铺床
make believe
to pretend (that) The children made believe they were animals. maak of, maak asof يَتَظاهَر، يَدَّعي преструвам (се) dělat, že lade som om vorgeben, daß προσποιούμαι hacer ver teesklema متقاعد شدن kuvitella faire semblant (de) לְהַעֲמִיד פָנִים ढोंग करना pretvarati tettet berpura-pura þykjast fare finta di ふりをする ...인 체하다 apsimesti, vaizduoti izlikties; iedomāties berpura-pura doen alsof late som, leke (at) udawać fazer de conta a se preface притворяться, воображать (себя) hrať sa (na) pretvarjati se pretvarati se låtsas เสแสร้ง ...-imiş gibi görünmek, taslamak 假裝 робити вигляд, удавати واہمہ giả vờ 假装
make do
to use something as a poor-quality or temporary alternative to the real thing There's no meat, so we'll have to make do with potatoes. oor die weg kom met يَرضى بِ задоволявам (се) spokojit se klare sig med sich aushelfen mit αρκούμαι (σε), τα βγάζω πέρα (με) arreglárselas con läbi ajama چاره موقتی tyytyä se contenter de לְהִשתַמֵש בְּתַחֲלִיף הַטוֹב בְּיוֹתֵר किसी चीज के िवकल्प के रूप में घटिया चीज उपयोग करना načiniti beéri vmivel menggunakan sebagai ganti láta sér nægja accontentarsi di, ripiegare su 間に合わせる 변통하다, 때우다 tenkintis iztikt ar menggunakan sebagai ganti zich behelpen nøye seg/klare seg med zastąpić, zadowolić się substituir a se mulţumi cu довольствоваться (чем-л.) uspokojiť sa zadovoljiti se s čim zadovoljiti se få hålla till godo med ใช้สิ่งที่มีคุณภาพต่ำกว่าที่ต้องการ yetinmek 以...代用 обходитися тим, що маєш کام چلانا thay thế 以...代用
make for
to go towards We're making for home. is op pad يَتَّجِه نَحْو отправям се směřovat, jít k styre imod sich begeben nach τραβώ για, ορμώ εναντίον dirigirse hacia suunduma پیش بردن suunnata se diriger vers לָלֶכֶת בְּכִיווּן- की ओर चलना pridonijeti vhová igyekszik menuju taka stefnuna á dirigersi verso ～の方へ進む 향해 가다 eiti (ko) link doties uz menuju gaan naar sette kursen mot udawać się w kierunku rumar a se îndrepta spre направляться smerovať, ísť k odpraviti se uputiti se ge sig av mot ทำให้เกิด ...-e doğru gitmek 向...前進 прямувати до پیش قدم ہونا đi 向...前进
make it
to be successful After twenty years, we've finally made it. sukses bereik يَنْجَح успявам dokázat to klare sig godt es schaffen πετυχαίνω tener éxito, llegar hasta arriba toime tulema موفق بودن onnistua réussir לְהַצלִיח सफल होना uspjeti sikerül, elér (pl. vonatot) berhasil takast/heppnast; ná árangri farcela, riuscire やり遂げる 해내다, 성공하다 kam pasisekti, pavykti gūt sekmes; izdoties berjaya succes hebben klare seg godt powieść się realizar-se a reuşi добиться успеха dokázať to uspeti uspeti lyckas สามารถไปถึง başarılı olmak 成功 досягти мети کامیاب ہونا thành công 成功
make it up
1 to become friends again after a quarrel It's time you two made it up (with each other). weer vriende maak يَفُضُّ نِزاعا، يَتَصالَح сдобрявам се smířit se blive gode venner igen sich wieder versöhnen ξαναφιλιώνω reconciliarse ära leppima آشتی کردن tehdä sovinto se réconcilier לְהִתפַּייֵס झगड़ने के बाद फिर दोस्ती करना pomiriti se kibékül berbaikan sættast riconciliarsi 仲直りする 화해하다 susitaikyti izlīgt berbaik semula zich verzoenen bli venner igjen pogodzić się fazer as pazes (по)мириться zmieriť sa pobotati se pomiriti se bli sams igen, försonas คืนดี barışmak 和解 миритися صلح کر لینا thân thiện 和解
2 to give compensation or make amends for something I'm sorry – I'll make it up to you somehow. vergoed vir يُعَوِّض реванширам се odškodnit kompensere; dække es wieder gutmachen επανορθώνω, αποζημιώνω compensar korvama جبران کردن hyvittää dédommager לְפַצוֹת भरपाई करना odštetiti, nadoknaditi elintézi (a dolgot) mengganti kerugian bæta (upp) ricompensare 埋め合わせをする 보상하다 atlyginti atlīdzināt mengganti kerugian goedmaken gjøre noe godt igjen wynagrodzić compensar возмещать odškodniť oddolžiti se nadoknaditi gottgöra ชดเชย telafi etmek 補償 покривати; компенсувати غفلت یا نقصان کی تلافی کرنا đền bù 补偿
make (something) of (something)
to understand (something) by or from (something) What do you make of all this? om iets van iets te verstaan يَفْهَم من разбирам soudit o få ud af halten von βγάζω συμπέρασμα, καταλαβαίνω comprender, entender välja lugema فهمیدن saada selkoa comprendre (à) לְהָבִין किसी चीज को किसी और चीज से समझना činiti od értelmez memahami skilja dedurre ～と考える ...을 ...라고 생각하다 suprasti, galvoti saprast faham denken skjønne, få noe ut av rozumieć (coś) entender a înţelege понимать myslieť si razlagati si razumeti anse om ngt เข้าใจ...จาก... anlam çıkarmak, yorumlamak 了解 розуміти کسی چیز کا مطلب سمجھنا hiểu 了解
make out
1 to see, hear or understand He could make out a ship in the distance. uitmaak, sien يَرى، يَسْمَع، يَفْهَم различавам rozeznat skelne; tyde ausmachen διακρίνω, καταλαβαίνω distinguir, divisar märkama متوجه شدن erottaa discerner לְהָבִין देखना, सुनना या समझना razabrati kivesz melihat greina, eygja scorgere わかる 발견하다 atpažinti, atskirti atpazīt; tikt skaidrībā melihat onderscheiden skjelne, tyde (roz)poznawaC distinguir a zări различать rozoznať razločiti razaznati urskilja, uppfatta, begripa เข้าใจ görmek, duymak, anlamak 發現 розрізняти تاڑ لینا، پہچان جانا nhận ra 发现
2 to make it seem that He made out that he was earning a huge amount of money. dit laat lyk يُحاوِل أن يجْعَل الأمر يبدو преструвам се předstírat få til at se ud som om vorgeben φέρομαι σαν, περνώ για, παρουσιάζω σαν pretender nägu tegema, teesklema نشان دادن antaa ymmärtää prétendre לִטעוֹן दिखावा करना shvatiti feltüntet mengandaikan láta líta út sem far credere ふりをする ...인 체하다 įsivaizduoti, stengtis sudaryti įspūdį likt noprast; radīt iespaidu mengandaikan doen alsof få det til at, framstille som udawać, starać się zrobić wrażenie fazer crer a lăsa să se înţeleagă, a pretinde делать вид predstierať hliniti učiniti da izgleda låta påskina แสร้งทำ ...miş gibi göstermek, ileri sürmek 表現出 робити вигляд, удавати ظاہر کرنا hiểu 表现出
3 to write or fill in The doctor made out a prescription. uitskryf يُعِدُّ ، يَكْتُبُ، يَملأُ попълвам napsat, vyhodit skrive; udfylde ausstellen γράφω, συμπληρώνω hacer välja kirjutama نوشتن kirjoittaa faire לִרשוֹם, לְמָלֵא लिखनरा या भरना izdati felír menulis skrifa, fylla út compilare 書く 작성하다 išrašyti izrakstīt menulis uitschrijven skrive ut, fylle ut wypisywać passar a scrie выписывать; заполнять napísať napisati ispisati skriva ut เขียน yazmak 寫 виписувати نسخہ لکھنا یا دینا viết; điền vào 写
4 (slang) to kiss, hug and caress; to neck They were making out in the back seat. vry يُقَبِّل، يُعانِق، يُداعِب целувам се muchlovat se gå til den rummachen αγκαλιάζω, χαϊδεύω darse el lote, pegarse el lote (kabistama به هم مالیدن se peloter לְהִתמַזמֵז चूमना. गले लगाना और दुलार करना voditi ljubav szerelmeskedik, smárol berpeluk-pelukan pomiciare ペッティングする glamonėtis maigoties berpeluk-pelukan kussen kline macać się, dobierać się do kogoś целоваться, обниматься mojkať sa, oblizovať sa mečkati se, ljubimkati ljubiti se hångla ร่วมรัก sevişmek 相互親吻；撫愛 палко обійматися معاشقہ کرنا ôm hôn 相互亲吻；抚爱
make over
(American) to change something or turn it into something else They made over the room as an office; The plastic surgeon made her face over. verander, omskep يُحَوِّل преправям předělat ændre umgestalten μετατρέπω convertir, transformar muutma تغییر دادن transformer לְהַחֲלִיף, לְשָנוֹת रुपांतरित करना pretvoriti átalakít mengubah sama sekali trasformare, cambiare 模様替えする pakeisti, perdirbti pārveidot mengubah sama sekali transformeren gjøre/bygge om przerobić переделывать prerobiť, prestavať, renovovať predelati preobraziti göra om เปลี่ยนเป็น değiştirmek, dönüştürmek 翻新 переробляти کسی کو منتقل کرنا thay đổi 翻新
make up
1 to invent He made up the whole story. opmaak, uitdink يَخْتَلِق измислям vymyslit si opdigte; finde på erfinden επινοώ inventar välja mõtlema تولید کردن keksiä inventer לְהַמצִיא गढ़ना upotpuniti kitalál mengarang búa til inventare でっち上げる 꾸며내다 išgalvoti sadomāt mencipta verzinnen dikte opp wymyśleć inventar a se împăca выдумывать vymyslieť si izmisliti si izmisliti hitta på สร้าง uydurmak 捏造 вигадувати کہانی گڑھنا sáng tác 捏造
2 to compose or be part(s) of The group was made up of doctors and lawyers. bestaan uit يُكَوِّن، يَتَكَوَّن من съставям skládat se bestå af bestehen aus αποτελώ, συγκροτώ componer, formar, integrar koostama تشکیل شدن muodostua composer לְהַרכִּיב रचना करना या उसका हिस्सा बनना sastaviti áll (vkikből) terdiri dari setja saman comporre ～成る 구성하다 sudaryti veidot (no daļām); veidoties terdiri daripada samenstellen utgjøre składać constituir(-se) a despăgubi; a se revanşa составлять skladať sa sestaviti sačinjavati bestå av ประกอบด้วย oluş(tur)mak 由...組成 складати اجزا کا مل کر کل بننا bao gồm 由...组成
3 to complete We need one more player – will you make up the number(s)? opmaak يُتَمِّم، يُكْمِل допълвам doplnit udfylde voll machen συμπληρώνω, καλύπτω (διαφορά) completar täiendama کامل کردن täydentää compléter לְהַשלִים पूरा करना popuniti kiegészít melengkapi fylla upp í completare 数を満たす 채우다 papildyti papildināt melengkapi volledig maken komplettere, gjøre fulltallig dopełnić, uzupełnić completar a completa заполнять doplniť dopolniti popuniti fylla ut, komplettera เติมให้เต็ม (จำนวน) tamamlamak 補足 доповнювати مکمل کرنا bổ khuyết 补足
4 to apply cosmetics to (the face) I don't like to see women making up (their faces) in public. grimering aansit تَضَعُ مساحيق الزّينَه гримирам се líčit se sminke sig sich schminken μακιγιάρω, μακιγιάρομαι maquillar meikima ارایش کردن meikata (se) maquiller לְהִתאַפֵּר चेहरे पर क्रीम-पाउडर लगाना šminkati kikészít merias farða/mála (sig) truccarsi 化粧する 화장하다 dažytis, grimuotis uzkrāsoties; grimēties menghias opmaken sminke seg malować się maquilhar(-se) a (se) machia накладывать косметику maľovať sa naličiti se šminkati se lägga makeup, sminka sig แต่งหน้า makyaj yapmak 化妝 накладати косметику چہرے وغیرہ کی آرائش کرنا trang điểm 化妆
5 to become friends again (after a quarrel etc) They've finally made up (their disagreement). weer vriende maak يَتَصالَح، يَفَضُّ نِزاعا сдобрявам се smířit se blive forsonet; gøre det godt igen sich wieder versöhnen συμβιβάζω, διευθετώ, ξαναφιλιώνω hacer las paces, reconciliarse ära leppima آشتی کردن sopia se réconcilier לְהִתפַּייֵס झगड़े के बाद फिर से दोस्त बन जाना pomiriti se kibékül berbaikan sættast (fare la pace) 仲直りする 화해하다 baigti nesutarimus, susitaikyti izlīgt berbaik semula zich verzoenen gjøre det godt igjen, bli venner igjen pogodzić się fazer as pazes a se împăca помириться zmieriť sa pobotati se pomiriti se bli sams igen, försonas เป็นเพื่อนกันอีกหลังจาก (ทะเลาะกัน) barışmak 和好 помиритися صلح کر لینا giảng hòa 和好
make up for
to supply a reward, substitute etc for disappointment, damage, loss (of money or time) etc Next week we'll try to make up for lost time. daarvoor vergoed يُعَوِّض реванширам се nahradit kompensere aufholen, wiedergutmachen αναπληρώνω compensar hüvitama جبران نمودن korvata compenser לְפָצוֹת क्षतिपूर्ति करना, भरपाई करना nadoknaditi (be)pótol mengganti kerugian bæta (upp), vinna upp recuperare ～の埋め合わせをする 보상하다, 벌충하다 atlyginti, kompensuoti atlīdzināt; kompensēt mengganti kerugian compenseren erstatte, innhente, ta igjen wynagrodzić, nadrobić compensar a compensa возмещать; навёрстывать nahradiť nadoknaditi nadoknaditi kompensera, ta igen ชดเชยสำหรับ telâfi etmek 彌補 компенсувати; надолужувати نقصان وغیرہ کی تلافی کرنا đền bù 弥补
make up one's mind
to make a decision He finally made up his mind about the job. om 'n besluit te neem يُقَرِّر، يُصَمِّم решавам rozhodnout se beslutte sig sich entscheiden αποφασίζω decidirse, tomar una decisión otsust tegema تصمیم گرفتن päättää se décider לְהַחלִיט फैसला करना odlučiti se elhatározza magát memutuskan ákveða sig decidersi 決心する 결정하다 apsispręsti, pasiryžti nolemt membuat keputusan besluiten bestemme seg (for) zdecydować się decidir a se hotărî принимать решение rozhodnúť sa odločiti se odlučiti se bestämma sig ตัดสินใจ karar vermek 決心 зважитися, вирішити کسی فیصلے پر پہنچنا quyết định 决心
make up to
to try to gain the favour or love of by flattery etc She's always making up to the teacher by bringing him presents. guns probeer wen يُحاوِل أن يَكْسَب الوُد بالنِّفاق подмазвам се naklonit si smigre sig ind; fedte sig ind sich anbiedern κολακεύω, καλοπιάνω halagar pugema خودی نشان دادن mielistellä courtiser qqn לְהִתחָנֵף खुशामद कर समर्थन या प्यार हासिल करना približiti se, udvarati se hízeleg vkinek menjilat, mencari muka smjaðra fyrir (e-m) ingraziarsi ～に取り入る ...의 환심을 사려고 하다 gerintis, pataikauti pielabināties; pieglaimoties membodek in de gunst proberen te komen bij smiske, flørte med podlizywać się agradar a căuta să intre în graţiile cuiva подхалимничать snažiť sa nakloniť si prilizovati se ulagivati se fjäska för เพิ่มให้เต็ม dalkavukluk etmek, gözüne girmeye çalışmak 奉承 підлизуватися; підлещуватися کسی کو پرچانا gây cảm tình 奉承
made of is used in speaking of the material from which an object is constructed etc : This table is made of wood/plastic/steel .
made from is used in speaking of the raw material from which something has been produced by a process of manufacture: Paper is made from wood/rags .
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