Meaning

4 senses

  1. To succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, going somewhere, attending an event, arriving in time for something, adding to one's schedule or itinerary, or in getting where one wants to be in one's life or career, which sometimes means becoming or wanting to become successful (succeed in a big way) or famous.

    He never made it to Italy despite talking about it all his life.

    I can't make it to the concert; I have to work.

    es schaffen, es schaffen, groß rauskommen

    успева́тьuspevátʹ, успе́тьuspétʹ

    устига́тиustyháty, усти́гнутиustýhnuty, усти́гтиustýhty

  2. To succeed in surviving, in living through something.

    es schaffen

    выжива́тьvyživátʹ, вы́житьvýžitʹ

  3. To have sexual intercourse.

  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, it.

    The blisters on my foot made it a problem to walk without a cane.

More definitions
  • go successfully through a test or a selection process
  • succeed in a big way; get to the top
  • continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)

Examples

2672 sentences

  1. Let's make it some other time.

    Зробімо це якось наступного разу.

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  2. This is how I made it.

    Ось так я це зробив.

    ruВот как я сделал это.

    deSo habe ich das gemacht.

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  3. I know you can make it.

    Я знаю, що ти можеш це зробити.

    ruЯ знаю, ты можешь сделать это.

    deIch weiß, dass du es schaffen kannst.

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  4. Do you know who made it?

    Ти знаєш, хто його зробив?

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  5. Did you make it by yourself?

    Ти це сам зробив?

    ruТы сам это сделал?

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time:
Русский
By meaning 2
to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time:
to survive, to live through something:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time:
to become famous and successful:

Forms

makes it, making it, made it, made it
Base formmake it · to make it
3rd person singularmakes it
Present participlemaking it
Past simplemade it
Past participlemade it

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymake it
he, she, itmakes it

Past simpleLesson

all personsmade it

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave made it
he, she, ithas made it

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill make it

Synonyms

118 synonyms
approachB2commonA2companyA2coupleA2knowA1mateB2strainB2bangB1beatB1boneA1bounceB1breedB1crackB2danceA1
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
majorA2majorityB1makeA1makeovermakerA2makeshift
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