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make

verb · noun

Simple meaning

Create or manufacture a man-made product.

Pronunciation

Say it like this:

mayk
US device voice
IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈmeɪk

This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.

IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.

Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

verb

  1. Create or manufacture a man-made product

  2. Create or design, often in a certain way

  3. religious

    To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.

  4. Create by artistic means

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

  6. To compose or represent

noun

  1. Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.

  2. A person's character or disposition.

  3. uncountable

    Quantity produced, especially of materials.

  4. A homemade project, particularly one demonstrated on television.

  5. Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A1 · Beginner (estimated)
Frequency
Very Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Create or manufacture a man-made product

Used this way, make is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
No strong connotation
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.

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  • “How much do you make a month in your new job?”verb

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Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • makernounInflected form

    A person who makes things.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • make-believenounCompound term

    Imaginative intellectual play.

  • make boldverbCompound term

    Take upon oneself.

  • make cleanverbCompound term

    Make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from.

  • make-donounCompound term

    Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency.

  • make forverbCompound term

    Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.

  • make fullverbCompound term

    Make full, also in a metaphorical sense.

More about this wordSynonyms, forms, origin

Synonyms

Sense: create or manufacture a man-made product

producebrand

Antonyms

Sense: create or manufacture a man-made product

unmakeRare

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