Make
Put in order or neaten
Synonyms
Examples
Make the bed
Make up a room
Eliminate urine
Have a bowel movement
Institute, enact, or establish
Create by artistic means
Make by combining materials and parts
Give certain properties to something
Induce to have sex
Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
Proceed along a path
The act of mixing cards haphazardly
Type of
Reach a goal
Examples
Make the first team
She may not make the grade
Organize or be responsible for
Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
Make, formulate, or derive in the mind
Synonyms
Examples
Make an estimate
What do you make of his remarks?
Reach a destination, either real or abstract
Engage in
Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
Prepare for eating by applying heat
To compose or represent
Examples
This makes a fine introduction
Make or cause to be or to become
Synonyms
Has types
Derivation
Examples
Make a mess in one's office
Create or manufacture a man-made product
Has types
Verb group
Act in a certain way so as to acquire
Amount to
Type of
Examples
This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living
Assure the success of
Be or be capable of being changed or made into
Type of
Examples
He makes a great host
He will make a fine father
Calculate as being
Carry out or commit
Examples
Make a mistake
Change from one form into another
Compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
Constitute the essence of
Examples
Clothes make the man
Favor the development of
Type of
Examples
Practice makes the winner
Form by assembling individuals or constituents
Gather and light the materials for
Examples
Make a fire
Make by shaping or bringing together constituents
Derivation
Examples
Make a dress
Make a cake
Make a wall of stones
Perform or carry out