Idioms for make

Origin of make

1
before 900; Middle English maken, Old English macian; cognate with Low German, Dutch maken, German machen

synonym study for make

1. Make, construct, manufacture mean to produce, to put into definite form, or to put parts together to make a whole. Make is the general term: Bees make wax. Construct, more formal, means to put parts together, usually according to a plan or design: to construct a building. Manufacture usually refers to producing something from material that requires conversion from one state or condition to another, now almost entirely by means of machinery in a relatively complex process: to manufacture automobiles by the assembly of different parts. The term is also often used contemptuously of unimaginative or hackneyed works of art with the implication that the work was produced mechanically, and is used abstractly with the idea of denying genuineness: to manufacture an excuse.

OTHER WORDS FROM make

mak·a·ble, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for make of (1 of 3)

make of

verb (tr, preposition)

to interpret as the meaning of what do you make of this news?
to produce or construct from houses made of brick
make little of or make nothing of
  1. not to understand
  2. to attribute little or no importance to
  3. to gain little or no benefit from
make much of or make a lot of
  1. (used with a negative) to make sense ofhe couldn't make much of her babble
  2. to give importance to
  3. to gain benefit from
  4. to pay flattering attention tothe reporters made much of the film star

British Dictionary definitions for make of (2 of 3)

make 1
/ (meɪk) /

verb makes, making or made (mainly tr)

noun

Derived forms of make

makable, adjective

Word Origin for make

Old English macian; related to Old Frisian makia to construct, Dutch maken, German machen to make

British Dictionary definitions for make of (3 of 3)

make 2
/ (meɪk) /

noun archaic

a peer or consort
a mate or spouse

Derived forms of make

makeless, adjective

Word Origin for make

Old English gemaca mate; related to match 1

Idioms and Phrases with make of

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