make
To createTo create.: To build, construct, produce, or originate.
» Your smile always makes me happy.
Dein Lächeln macht mich immer glücklich.
Твоя улыбка всегда делает меня счастливым.
Ваша улыбка всегда делает меня счастливым.
Твоя посмішка завжди робить мене щасливою.
Meaning
43 sensesTo create.
(transitive)To build, construct, produce, or originate.
We made a bird feeder for our yard.
I'll make a man out of him yet.
machen, bauen, machen
де́латьdélatʹ, сде́латьsdélatʹ, изгота́вливатьizgotávlivatʹ
роби́тиrobýty, зроби́тиzrobýty, виготовля́тиvyhotovljáty
(transitive)To write or compose.
I made a poem for her wedding.
He made a will.
to compose or represent
(transitive)To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
make war
They were just a bunch of ne'er-do-wells who went around making trouble for honest men.
(transitive)To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
God made earth and heaven.
create by artistic means
(transitive)To prepare (food); to cook (food).
I'm making cereal for breakfast. Who wants some?
prepare for eating by applying heat
(colloquial, intransitive)To behave, to act.
To make like a deer caught in the headlights.
They made nice together, as if their fight never happened.
behave in a certain manner
(intransitive)To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
To constitute.
They make a cute couple.
This makes the third infraction.
constitute the essence of
(transitive)To add up to, have a sum of.
Two and four make six.
add up to
(transitive)To interpret.
I don’t know what to make of it.
They couldn't make anything of the inscription.
machen, interpretieren
(stressed, transitive, usually)To bring into success.
This company is what made you.
She married into wealth and so has it made.
machen
develop into
(ditransitive)To cause to be.
The blisters on my foot made it a problem to walk without a cane.
Caesar made rich men of his supporters back in Rome.
machen
cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
Examples
35868 sentencesYour smile always makes me happy.
Твоя посмішка завжди робить мене щасливою.
ruТвоя улыбка всегда делает меня счастливым.
deDein Lächeln macht mich immer glücklich.
I'll make you a new suit.
Я зшию тобі новий костюм.
ruЯ сошью тебе новый костюм.
deIch werde dir ein neues Kostüm machen.
You make me feel so guilty.
З-за тебе я почуваюся таким винним.
ruИз-за тебя я чувствую себя таким виноватым.
deDu erzeugst in mir solche Schuldgefühle.
The bridge is made of stone.
Міст зроблений з каменю.
ruМост сделан из камня.
I must have made a mistake.
Я, мабуть, помилився.
ruЯ, наверно, ошибся.
deIch muss einen Fehler gemacht haben.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English macen, machiæ, macian, macke, mak, make, maken, makiȝe, from Old EngliFrom Middle English macen, machiæ, macian, macke, mak, make, maken, makiȝe, from Old English macian (“to build, make, work”), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn (“to build, make, work”), from *mak (“agreeable, comfortable, fit, suitable”), from Proto-Germanic *makaz (“agreeable, comfortable, fit, suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-, *meh₂ḱ- (“to knead”) or *meg- (“to be comfortable, pleasant”). Related to match.
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Forms
makes, making, made, madePhrasal verbs
11 phrasal verbs- make upскладати, компенсуватиTo constitute, to compose.
- make offтікати, бігтиTo exit or depart; to run away.
- make outпоспівати, устигнутиTo draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque).
- make overпереробити, перероблятиTo renovate or to convert to a different use, particularly houses, offices, or rooms within them.
- make forробити, працюватиTo set out to go (somewhere); to move towards.
- make intoзробити, робитиTo cause (the first object) to become (the second object); to change or transform.
- make downTo rain or snow; to precipitate.
- make awayTo depart, leave; to make off.
Synonyms
148 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
134 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A2Make or do — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
12 patterns- make sure
- to make sure
- made a mistake
- make sure that
- want to make
- to make a
- made fun of
- made a lot
- make any sense
- make an an
- make the same
- make a decision