make

CEFRA1

/meɪk/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To create, build, or produce something.

  2. 02

    noun

    The name of a company that produces a product.

Examples

  • It's no use pretending to make me believe that I believe things you don't believe!

  • What make of car does he drive?

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /mɛk/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To create., To write or compose.

  2. To create.

  3. To build, construct, produce, or originate.

More examples

In context

  • I make €100 a day.

  • I'll make a man out of him yet.

  • We made a bird feeder for our yard.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English maken, from Old English macian (“to make, build, work”), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn (“to make, build, work”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ- (“to knead, mix, make”). Related to match. Cognates * Scots mak (“to make”) * Saterland Frisian moakje (“to make”) * West Frisian meitsje (“to make”) * Dutch maken (“to make”) * Dutch Low Saxon maken (“to make”) * German Low German maken (“to make”) * German machen (“to make, do”) * Danish mage (“to make, arrange (in a certain way)”) * Latin mācerō, macer * Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō)