Meaning

2 senses
  1. A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.

    Provisorium, Notlösung, Notbehelf

    вре́менная заме́наvrémennaja zaména, вре́менное приспособле́ниеvrémennoje prisposoblénije

  2. (obsolete)A rogue; a shifty person.

More definitions
  • something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

Examples

12 sentences
  1. We used a barrel for a makeshift table.

    Ми використали бочку як тимчасовий стіл.

    ruМы пользовались бочкой как самодельным столом.

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  2. Sami lived in a makeshift shelter.

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  3. The deer fell for the makeshift trap.

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  4. There are many ways of doing makeshift repairs.

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  5. Michael noticed a makeshift firepit in the clearing.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
temporary substitution:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
temporary substitution:

Origin

Deverbal from make shift. First appears c. 1554, in the publications of H. Hilarie. 1560s

Deverbal from make shift. First appears c. 1554, in the publications of H. Hilarie.

1560s. From make + shift.

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Forms

plural: makeshifts

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency:stopgapmake-do

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmake shift

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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