to make

Bring into existence

To make is among the most versatile verbs in English, covering creation, causation, and transformation.

You make a cake, make a decision, make money, make friends, make trouble.

To make someone do something is to compel them: She made him apologize.

To make something of yourself is to become successful.

Make appears in countless expressions: make do, make up, make out, make off with, make sense, make time, make room.

What something is made of is its material or character.

To make it is to succeed or arrive: We barely made it.

Related

fabricate · form · shape · mold · forge · manufacture · assemble · generate · cook · bake · sew · carve · invent · compose · design · render · fashion · earn

Categories
Family

make, makes, making, made, maker, makers, unmade, remake, remakes

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Top 3,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G