Definition of Make

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Definition of Make

Make

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create.

To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form; to construct; to fabricate.

To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story.

To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc.

To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.

To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an error; to make a loss; to make money.

To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day.

To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive.

To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast.

To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.

To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.

To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing.

To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to.

To be engaged or concerned in.

To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of.

To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; -- often in the phrase to meddle or make.

To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.

To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage.

To increase; to augment; to accrue.

To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.

Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form.

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Make Quotations

Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience.
Mother Teresa

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
Buddha

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
Buddha

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.
Thomas Jefferson

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.
Dalai Lama

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
Dalai Lama

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
Maya Angelou

We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.
Maya Angelou

Every choice you make has an end result.
Zig Ziglar

Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves.
Zig Ziglar

Make Translations

make in Afrikaans is maak, doen, pleeg, vervaardig
make in Dutch is maken, doen, bedrijven
make in German is anfertigen, Fabrikat, machen, mache, Herstellung
make in Latin is creo
make in Spanish is hacer, marca, manufacturar, confeccionar

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