make heavy weather

make heav·y weath·er

M m

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [meyk hev-ee weth -er]
- /meɪk ˈhɛv i ˈwɛð ər/
- /meɪk ˈhevi ˈweðə(r)/

Definitions of make heavy weather words

verb with object make heavy weather 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 heavy weather to produce; cause to exist or happen; bring about: to make trouble; to make war. 1
verb with object make heavy weather to cause to be or become; render: to make someone happy. 1
verb with object make heavy weather to appoint or name: The president made her his special envoy. 1
verb with object make heavy weather 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 heavy weather to bring into a certain form: to make bricks out of clay. 1

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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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".

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