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- [meyk]
- /meɪk/
- /meɪk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [meyk]
- /meɪk/
Definitions of make word
- verb with object make to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art. 1
- verb with object make to produce; cause to exist or happen; bring about: to make trouble; to make war. 1
- verb with object make to cause to be or become; render: to make someone happy. 1
- verb with object make to appoint or name: The president made her his special envoy. 1
- verb with object make to put in the proper condition or state, as for use; fix; prepare: to make a bed; to make dinner. 1
- verb with object make to bring into a certain form: to make bricks out of clay. 1
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Origin of make
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English maken, Old English macian; cognate with Low German, Dutch maken, German machen
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Parts of speech for Make
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
make popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
make usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for make
verb make
- manufacture — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- compose — The things that something is composed of are its parts or members. The separate things that compose something are the parts or members that form it.
- prepare — to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery.
- form — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- produce — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
noun make
- brand — If someone is branded as something bad, people think they are that thing.
- type — a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category: a criminal of the most vicious type.
- kind — of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person: a kind and loving person.
- style — a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character: the baroque style; The style of the house was too austere for their liking.
- variety — the state of being varied or diversified: to give variety to a diet.
Antonyms for make
verb make
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- raze — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
- dismantle — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
- demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
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