Meaning

43 senses
  1. To 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

  2. (transitive)To write or compose.

    I made a poem for her wedding.

    He made a will.

    to compose or represent

  3. (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.

  4. (transitive)To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.

    God made earth and heaven.

    create by artistic means

  5. (transitive)To prepare (food); to cook (food).

    I'm making cereal for breakfast. Who wants some?

    prepare for eating by applying heat

  6. (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

  7. (intransitive)To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.

  8. To constitute.

    They make a cute couple.

    This makes the third infraction.

    constitute the essence of

  9. (transitive)To add up to, have a sum of.

    Two and four make six.

    add up to

  10. (transitive)To interpret.

    I don’t know what to make of it.

    They couldn't make anything of the inscription.

    machen, interpretieren

  11. (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

  12. (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 sentences
  1. Your smile always makes me happy.

    Твоя посмішка завжди робить мене щасливою. — oromashka

    ruТвоя улыбка всегда делает меня счастливым. — odexed

    deDein Lächeln macht mich immer glücklich. — Wolf

  2. I'll make you a new suit.

    Я зшию тобі новий костюм. — deniko

    ruЯ сошью тебе новый костюм. — paul_lingvo

    deIch werde dir ein neues Kostüm machen. — Esperantostern

  3. You make me feel so guilty.

    З-за тебе я почуваюся таким винним. — deniko

    ruИз-за тебя я чувствую себя таким виноватым. — odexed

    deDu erzeugst in mir solche Schuldgefühle. — Sudajaengi

  4. The bridge is made of stone.

    Міст зроблений з каменю. — aandrusiak

    ruМост сделан из камня. — Biga

  5. I must have made a mistake.

    Я, мабуть, помилився. — deniko

    ruЯ, наверно, ошибся. — FeuDRenais

    deIch muss einen Fehler gemacht haben. — Espi

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to construct:
Русский
By meaning 3
to create:
to construct:
to force to do:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
to create:
to cause to do:
to construct:
to produce:
to interpret:
to force to do:

Origin

From Middle English macen, machiæ, macian, macke, mak, make, maken, makiȝe, from Old Engli

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsmade

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill make

Phrasal verbs

11 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

148 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

134 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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