make

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To create.
2. (transitive) To create.
3. (transitive) To create.
4. (transitive) To create.
5. (transitive) To create.
6. (colloquial, intransitive) To behave, to act.
7. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
8. To constitute.
9. (transitive) To add up to, have a sum of.
10. (transitive) To interpret.
11. (stressed, transitive, usually) To bring into success.
12. (ditransitive) To cause to be.
13. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
14. (ditransitive) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
15. (ditransitive) To force to do.
16. (ditransitive) To indicate or suggest to be.
17. (transitive) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
18. (US, slang, transitive) To recognise, identify, spot.
19. (colloquial, transitive) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
20. (colloquial, intransitive) To proceed (in a direction).
21. (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
22. (transitive) To move at (a speed).
23. To appoint; to name.
24. (slang, transitive) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
25. (colloquial, euphemistic, intransitive) To defecate or urinate.
26. (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
27. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
28. (intransitive, obsolete) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
29. To enact; to establish.
30. To develop into; to prove to be.
31. To form or formulate in the mind.
32. To perform a feat.
33. (intransitive) To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.
34. (obsolete) 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.
35. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
36. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
37. (archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
38. (euphemistic, transitive) To take the virginity of.
39. (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
40. (intransitive) Of water, to flow toward land; to rise.
41. (transitive) To establish two or more men on (a point) so that it cannot be captured.

Noun

1. Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.
2. Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made).
3. Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
4. A person's character or disposition.
5. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
6. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
7. A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
8. (slang) Identification: recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.
9. (slang) A promotion.
10. A homemade project, particularly one demonstrated on television.
11. Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.
12. A made basket.
13. The closing of an electrical circuit.

Noun

1. (slang) Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female).
2. (UK, dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.

Noun

A halfpenny.

Noun

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

Opposite of

break

Synonyms

do

create

produce

build

cause

manufacture

form

construct

work

perform

act

prepare

establish

get

constitute

set up

achieve

engender

shape

render

cook

🧑‍🍳

have

brand

force

reach

effect

model

fix

accomplish

induce

invent

compel

raise

earn

gain

bring about

be

take

carry out

give

become

fabricate

fashion

production

compose

give birth

oblige

draw

make up

originate

Translations

faire

hacer

machen

fare

fazer

maken

rendre

fabriquer

produire

fer

herstellen

yapmak

construire

provoquer

causer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/meɪk/

Etymology

Cognate with Scots: mak

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: moakje

Cognate with Western Frisian: meitsje

Cognate with Dutch: maken

Cognate with German: machen

Cognate with Danish: mage

Cognate with Latin: mācerō

Cognate with Ancient Greek: μάσσω

Inherited from Middle English: make

Inherited from Old English: ġemaca

Cognate with Old Norse: maki

Cognate with Icelandic: maki

Cognate with Swedish: make

In summary

From Middle English maken, from Old English macian (“to make, build, work”), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn (“to make, build, work”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ- (“to knead, mix, make”).
Related to match.
Cognates
* Scots mak (“to make”)
* Saterland Frisian moakje (“to make”)
* West Frisian meitsje (“to make”)
* Dutch maken (“to make”)
* Dutch Low Saxon maken (“to make”)
* German Low German maken (“to make”)
* German machen (“to make, do”)
* Danish mage (“to make, arrange (in a certain way)”)
* Latin mācerō, macer
* Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō)

Sentences

Are you trying to make me out a liar ?

But , if you can , try to make your own decisions .

Television can make you dumb , but it can also be good education .

Debate may also end if no senator wishes to make any further remarks .

He must know how to make rain and drive away the locusts .

I'm not good enough to make this one up .