Meaning
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- The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
- Process of growth or development.
Synonyms
manifacture
house fixture
profits 1.
garment making
constucting
Frequency
Hyphenated as
mak‧ing
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmeɪkɪŋ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English making, from Old English macung (“making”), equivalent to make + -ing. Cognate with Dutch making (“making”), Old High German machunga.
New
make
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- To create.
- To create.
- To create.
- To create.
- To create.
- (colloquial) To behave, to act.
- To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
- To constitute.
- To add up to, have a sum of.
- To interpret.
- To bring into success.
- To cause to be.
- To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
- To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
- To force to do.
- To indicate or suggest to be.
- To cover neatly with bedclothes.
- (slang) To recognise, identify, spot.
- (colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
- (colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
- To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
- To move at (a speed).
- To appoint; to name.
- (slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
- (colloquial) To defecate or urinate.
- To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
- To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
- (obsolete) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
- To enact; to establish.
- To develop into; to prove to be.
- To form or formulate in the mind.
- To perform a feat.
- To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.
- (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.
- (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
- (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
- To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
- To take the virginity of.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- Of water, to flow toward land; to rise.
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