make

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English - Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meɪk/
Rhymes: -eɪk

English - Etymology 1

From Middle English _maken_, from Old English _macian_ (“to make, build, work”), from Proto-Germanic _*makōną_ (“to make, build, work”), from Proto-Indo-European _*mag-_ (“to knead, mix, make”). Cognate with Latin _mācerō_, _macer_, Ancient Greek _μάσσω_ (mássō), Scots _mak_ (“to make”), Saterland Frisian _moakje_ (“to make”), West Frisian _maaikjen_ (“to make”), _meitsje_ (“to make”), and _oanmeitsje_ (“to act, make”), Dutch _maken_ (“to make”), Dutch Low Saxon _maken_ (“to make”) and German Low German _maken_ (“to make”), and German _machen_ (“to make, do”). Related to _match_. VERB MAKE (_third-person singular simple present_ MAKES, _present participle_ MAKING, _simple past and past participle_ MADE) * (transitive, heading) _To create._ * To construct or produce. _We MADE a bird feeder for our yard. I'll MAKE a man out of him yet._ * 1893, Walter Besant, _The Ivory Gate_, Prologue: Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and MADE scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well. * I MADE a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan. * Yet in “Through a Latte, Darkly”, a new study of how Starbucks has largely avoided paying tax in Britain, Edward Kleinbard […] shows that current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate what he calls “stateless income”: […]. In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of MAKING an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property. * To write or compose. _I MADE a poem for her wedding. He MADE a will._ * To bring about. _MAKE war_ _They were just a bunch of ne'er-do-wells who went around MAKING trouble for honest men._ * (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act. _To MAKE like a deer caught in the headlights._ _They MADE nice together, as if their fight never happened._ _He MADE as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands._ * (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with _for_ or _against_. * Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) It MAKES for his advantage. * Bible, Romans xiv.19: Follow after the things which MAKE for peace. * William Shakespeare (c.1564–1616) Considerations infinite / Do MAKE against it. * To constitute. _They MAKE a cute couple. This MAKES the third infraction. One swallow does not a summer MAKE._ * 2014, A teacher, "Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents", _The Guardian_, 23 September: So if your prospective school is proudly displaying that "We Are Outstanding" banner on its perimeter fence, well, that is wonderful … but do bear in mind that in all likelihood it has been awarded for results in those two subjects, rather than for its delivery of a broad and balanced curriculum which brings out the best in every child. Which is, of course, what MAKES a great primary school. * 1995, _Harriette Simpson Arnow: Critical Essays on Her Work_, p.46: Style alone does not MAKE a writer. * We MADE an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the

From Middle English maken, from Old English macian (“to make, build, work”), from Proto-Germanic *makōną (“to make, build, work”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”). Cognate with Latin mācerō, macer, Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō), Scots mak (“to make”), Saterland Frisian moakje (“to make”), West Frisian maaikjen (“to make”), meitsje (“to make”), and oanmeitsje (“to act, make”), Dutch maken (“to make”), Dutch Low Saxon maken (“to make”) and German Low German maken (“to make”), and German machen (“to make, do”). Related to match.