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How to pronounce make in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms make up
Type of tidy up, tidy, straighten out, neaten, clean up, square away, straighten


make the bed.
make up a room.
Type Words
Synonyms make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee
Type of pass, excrete, egest, eliminate
Has types wet, stale
Verb group urinate, stool, take a crap, ca-ca, take a shit, defecate, crap, shit
Type Words
Synonyms ca-ca, crap, defecate, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit
Type of eliminate, egest, excrete, pass
Has types dung
Verb group pee-pee, urinate, pee, make water, pass water, micturate, spend a penny, take a leak, piddle, relieve oneself, wee-wee, puddle, wee, piss
Type Words
Synonyms establish, lay down
Type of create
Has types mark, set


make laws.
Type Words
Synonyms create
Type of create
Has types design, do
Verb group produce, create
Derivation making
Type Words
Synonyms build, construct
Type of create
Has types customise, groin, erect, set up, frame up, corduroy, wattle, lock, dry-wall, revet, reconstruct, cantilever, rebuild, rear, channelise, channelize, raise, frame, customize, put up
Verb group build
Derivation making, maker
Type Words
Synonyms get
Type of modify, alter, change
Has types leave, have, get, let, render


Don't make this into a big deal.
This invention will make you a millionaire.
Type Words
Synonyms do
Type of create
Type Words
Synonyms name, nominate
Type of charge, appoint
Has types rename
Type Words
Synonyms score, seduce
Type of persuade
Verb group seduce
Type Words
Synonyms take
Type of head
Type Words
Synonyms get, have
Type of hit, tally, rack up, score
Type Words
Synonyms bring in, clear, earn, gain, pull in, realise, realize, take in
Type of get, acquire
Has types rake off, pay, squeeze out, profit, bring home, rake in, turn a profit, eke out, take home, yield, bear, gross, shovel in
Verb group sack up, sack, clear, net


How much do you make a month in your new job?.
Type Words
Synonyms make believe, pretend
Type of represent, act, play
Has types go through the motions
Verb group pretend, feign, affect, sham, dissemble


She makes like an actress.
Type Words
Synonyms work
Type of pass
Has types jostle, bushwhack, claw
Verb group work


make one's way into the forest.
Type Words
Synonyms shuffle, shuffling
Type of reordering
Has types reshuffle, riffle, reshuffling
Type Words
Synonyms get to, progress to, reach
Type of accomplish, reach, achieve, attain


make the first team.
She may not make the grade.
Type Words
Synonyms give, have, hold, throw
Type of direct


have, throw, or make a party.
Type Words
Synonyms cause, do
Type of create
Has types shape, actuate, breed, call forth, determine, effect, effectuate, engender, evoke, facilitate, force, impel, incite, influence, initiate, kick up, mold, motivate, move, occasion, pioneer, prompt, propel, provoke, regulate, set up, spawn


make a stir.
Type Words
Synonyms draw
Type of create mentally, create by mental act


make an estimate.
What do you make of his remarks?.
Type Words
Synonyms arrive at, attain, gain, hit, reach
Has types breast, get at, scale, run aground, find, access, get through, bottom out, ground, come through, top, top out, summit, catch up, peak, culminate, surmount
Type Words
Synonyms do
Has types exaggerate, overdo


make love, not war.
make an effort.
make revolution.
Type Words
Synonyms cause, get, have, induce, stimulate
Has types persuade, prompt, bring, compel, inspire, decide, solicit, instigate, encourage, suborn, lead, let, oblige, obligate
Type Words
Synonyms cook, fix, prepare, ready
Type of create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Has types dress, flambe, dress out, scallop, lard, whomp up, whip up, cook up, keep, precook, concoct, preserve, escallop, put on, deglaze, devil


can you make me an omelette?.
Type Words
Synonyms brand
Type of variety, kind, sort, form


what make of car is that?.
Type Words
Synonyms constitute, form
Type of be, represent, comprise, constitute, make up
Has types add, chelate


This makes a fine introduction.
Type Words
Synonyms create
Has types father, give, give rise, grind, extract, evoke, establish, incorporate, initiate, institute, enkindle, kindle, engender, lay down, elicit, educe, do, distill, distil, direct, derive, cut, create verbally, make for, create mentally, create from raw stuff, manufacture, create from raw material, mother, multiply, create by mental act, create, offset, organise, organize, originate, copy, piece, play, construct, prepare, press, procreate, produce, compose, work, wreak, provoke, write, cleave, clear, choreograph, puncture, put on, chop, put together, raise, re-create, cause, realise, realize, recreate, call up, regenerate, build, bring forth, bring about, reproduce, bring, scrape, blast, beget, set up, yield, shell, beat, short, short-circuit, bear, sire, spume, start, assemble, strike, style, substantiate, suds, summon, tack, tack together, arouse, actualize, actualise, track, turn in, turn out, twine, froth, form, generate, fire, film-make, film, get
Derivation making


make a mess in one's office.
Type Words
Synonyms create, produce
Has types confect, refashion, burn, remake, put out, pulse, churn out, clap together, clap up, pulsate, publish, render, proof, reproduce, return, print, prefabricate, preassemble, breed, overproduce, output, yield, bootleg, make over, custom-make, customise, customize, cut, slap together, smelt, squeeze out, tailor-make, dummy, dummy up, machine, elaborate, laminate, throw together, turn out, fudge together, generate, underproduce, extrude, give, redo
Verb group create
Derivation maker, making
Type Words
Type of do, behave, act
Verb group have, gain, pull in, realize, take in, realise, clear, earn, get, bring in


make friends.
make enemies.
Type Words
Type of number, total, add up, amount, come


four and four make eight.
Type Words
Type of amount


This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living.
Type Words
Type of appear, seem, look
Type Words
Type of assure, ensure, guarantee, secure, insure


A good review by this critic will make your play!.
Type Words
Type of behave, do, act


make merry.
Type Words
Type of become


He makes a great host.
He will make a fine father.
Type Words
Type of be
Derivation making


Wood makes good furniture.
Type Words
Type of gauge, guess, approximate, estimate, judge
Verb group draw


I make the height about 100 feet.
Type Words
Type of perpetrate, pull, commit


make a mistake.
Type Words
Type of change, alter, modify


make my day.
Type Words
Type of change, alter, modify


make water into wine.
make lead into gold.
make clay into bricks.
Type Words
Type of do, cause
Has types drive


Heat makes you sweat.
Type Words
Type of consider, reckon, see, regard, view
Type Words
Type of comprise, be, make up, represent, constitute


Clothes make the man.
Type Words
Type of develop, grow
Derivation making


He will make a splendid father!.
Type Words
Type of develop


Practice makes the winner.
Type Words
Type of assemble, gather, get together
Type Words
Type of create from raw stuff, create from raw material
Verb group make up, cook, fix, ready, prepare


make a fire.
Type Words
Type of create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Has types compile, forge, fashion, cooper, construct, fabricate, compose, manufacture
Derivation making


make a dress.
make a cake.
make a wall of stones.
Type Words
Type of execute, do, perform
Has types pay
Verb group do


make a decision.
make a move.
make advances.
make a phone call.
Type Words
Type of attain, hit, gain, arrive at, reach
Verb group arrive at, gain, hit, attain, reach
Type Words
Type of change
Derivation making


This wool makes into a nice sweater.

Examples of make

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We take pride in Google search and strive to make each and every search perfect.
From the techcrunch.com
Sesame seeds make a lovely topping for salads, stir-fry recipes and rice pilafs.
From the dailyherald.com
She fears her daughter will get out of jail and continue to make poor decisions.
From the dailyherald.com
Make sure you have plenty of ventilation to dry things off when they do get wet.
From the dailyherald.com
Illinois, 2010 style, has suddenly found reason to make such damaging decisions.
From the dailyherald.com
So they aren't in a rush to make big-ticket financial commitments and buy homes.
From the dailyherald.com
The city has an important decision to make regarding the future of the property.
From the dailyherald.com
So make sure you tell your doctor that you have several different types of pain.
From the abcnews.go.com
Does it make any difference if a pro athlete, actor or musician backs something?
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • Brand: a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?"
  • Engage in; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution"
  • Give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear"
  • Shuffle: the act of mixing cards haphazardly
  • Make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
  • Induce: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
  • Cause: give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
  • Produce: create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
  • Draw: make, formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?"