Standard Lemma guide

make

noun · verb · 110 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /meɪk/
  • [meɪkj]
  • Canada, Multicultural-London-English: [meːk]
  • Northumbria: /mɛk/
  • Wearside: /mæk/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: M EY1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: kind, type
  • we service all makes and models
  • Q: What make and model of car do you drive? A: It's a Buick LaCrosse.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: kind, type

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: makeup, form, conformation, composition; form factor

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: makeup, form, conformation, composition, form factor

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The camera was of German make.
  • The camera was of recent make.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A person's character or disposition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: making, manufacture, manufacturing, production

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: creation

6

noun

Meaning 6

Quantity produced, especially of materials.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: production, output

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Identification: recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ID

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A promotion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A homemade project, particularly one demonstrated on television.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: card-games, games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

A made basket.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

The closing of an electrical circuit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: completion, actuation

Antonyms: break

14

noun

Meaning 14

Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

Qualifier: usually in phrase "easy make"

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, dialectal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

A halfpenny.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

An agricultural tool resembling a scythe, used to cut (harvest) certain plants such as peas, reeds, or tares.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: East-Anglia, Essex, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To create.

To build, construct, produce, or originate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • We made a bird feeder for our yard.
  • I'll make a man out of him yet.
  • He makes deodorants.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fabricate, artifice, assemble, betimber, build, build up, compile, construct, edify, erect, extruct, fashion, form, knock up, make, manufacture, produce, put together, put up, raise, rear, timber, upbuild

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

To create.

To write or compose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I made a poem for her wedding.
  • He made a will.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

verb

Meaning 20

To create.

To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • make war
  • They were just a bunch of ne'er-do-wells who went around making trouble for honest men.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To create.

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Qualifier: religious

Examples

  • God made earth and heaven.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

verb

Meaning 22

To create.

To prepare (food); to cook (food).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I'm making cereal for breakfast. Who wants some?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

verb

Meaning 23

To behave, to act.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, intransitive

Examples

  • To make like a deer caught in the headlights.
  • They made nice together, as if their fight never happened.
  • He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

verb

Meaning 24

To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

verb

Meaning 25

To constitute.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • They make a cute couple.
  • This makes the third infraction.
  • One swallow does not a summer make.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

verb

Meaning 26

To add up to, have a sum of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Two and four make six.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

verb

Meaning 27

To interpret.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Qualifier: typically interrogative

Examples

  • I don’t know what to make of it.
  • They couldn't make anything of the inscription.
  • What time do you make it?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

verb

Meaning 28

To bring into success.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: stressed, transitive, usually

Examples

  • This company is what made you.
  • She married into wealth and so has it made.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

verb

Meaning 29

To cause to be.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ditransitive

Qualifier: second object is an adjective or participle

Examples

  • The blisters on my foot made it a problem to walk without a cane.
  • The citizens made their objections clear.
  • This might make you a bit woozy.
  • Did I make myself heard?
  • Scotch will make you a man.
  • Mom made it clear what she expected from me in college.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: render

Antonyms: none provided

30

verb

Meaning 30

To cause to appear to be; to represent as.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Homer makes Aphrodite the daughter of Zeus, unlike Hesiod who depicted her as born from the sea foam.
  • 1709–1710, Thomas Baker, Reflections on Learning He is not that goose and Ass that Valla would make him.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

31

verb

Meaning 31

To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ditransitive

Qualifier: second object is a verb

Examples

  • You're making her cry.
  • I was made to feel like a criminal.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

32

verb

Meaning 32

To force to do.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ditransitive

Qualifier: second object is a verb; can be stressed for emphasis or clarity; second object is a verb; can be stressed for emphasis or clarity

Examples

  • The teacher made the student study harder.
  • Don’t let them make you suffer.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

33

verb

Meaning 33

To indicate or suggest to be.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ditransitive

Examples

  • His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

34

verb

Meaning 34

To cover neatly with bedclothes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

35

verb

Meaning 35

To recognise, identify, spot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, slang, transitive

Qualifier: crime

Topics: government, law-enforcement

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: twig, notice, clock, ID, identify, ken, to make someone, recognize

Antonyms: none provided

36

verb

Meaning 36

To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, transitive

Examples

  • We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.
  • I won't be able to make dinner; something's come up at work.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

37

verb

Meaning 37

To proceed (in a direction).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, intransitive

Examples

  • They made westward over the snowy mountains.
  • Make for the hills! It's a wildfire!
  • They made away from the fire toward the river.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

38

verb

Meaning 38

To cover (a given distance) by travelling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

39

verb

Meaning 39

To move at (a speed).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.
  • This baby can make 220 miles an hour.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

40

verb

Meaning 40

To appoint; to name.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

41

verb

Meaning 41

To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

42

verb

Meaning 42

To defecate or urinate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, euphemistic, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

43

verb

Meaning 43

To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • They hope to make a bigger profit.
  • He didn't make the choir after his voice changed.
  • She made ten points in that game.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

44

verb

Meaning 44

To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

45

verb

Meaning 45

To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, obsolete

Examples

  • ca.1360-1387, William Langland, Piers Plowman to solace him some time, as I do when I make

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

46

verb

Meaning 46

To enact; to establish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

47

verb

Meaning 47

To develop into; to prove to be.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • She'll make a fine president.
  • Classical literature usually makes heavy reading.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

48

verb

Meaning 48

To study or train so as to become (a profession); to grow up to be (something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Appalachia

Examples

  • He'll make a doctor one day.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

49

verb

Meaning 49

To form or formulate in the mind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • make plans
  • made a questionable decision

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

50

verb

Meaning 50

To perform a feat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • make a leap
  • make a pass
  • make a u-turn

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

51

verb

Meaning 51

To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • In the end, my class didn't make, which left me with a bit of free time.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

52

verb

Meaning 52

To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

53

verb

Meaning 53

To increase; to augment; to accrue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

54

verb

Meaning 54

To be engaged or concerned in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

55

verb

Meaning 55

To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

56

verb

Meaning 56

To take the virginity of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

57

verb

Meaning 57

To have sexual intercourse with.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto, go to bed with, have, know, lie by, lie with, love, mount, occupy, penetrate, season, seduce, sleep with, take, Any of Thesaurus:copulate + "with", Informal and slang terms, ball, bang, bauf, beep, be with, bone, boff, boink, bonk, boom-boom, dick, diddle, dig out, do, doink, drill, eff, expletive deleted, fill, frack, frak, frick, frig, fuck, get into someone's pants, get over on, get up in, give someone one, give someone the time, go with, have one's way with, have one's wicked way with, hit, hump, jape, jump, jump someone's bones, knob, knock, knock off, know someone in the biblical sense, lay, love up, make, nail, plough, plug, poke, pork, pound, prig, pump, ravage, ream, rock, roger, root, run through, rut, sard, schlong, screw, see to, service, shaft, shag, shelve, slay, slip it to, smash, smush, stallionize, swive, tap, tup, wap

Antonyms: none provided

58

verb

Meaning 58

Of water, to flow toward land; to rise.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

59

verb

Meaning 59

To establish two or more men on (a point) so that it cannot be captured.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: backgammon, games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

60

noun

Meaning 60

the act of mixing cards haphazardly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shuffle, shuffling

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reordering

Narrower terms: reshuffle, reshuffling, riffle

61

noun

Meaning 61

a recognizable kind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • there's a new brand of hero in the movies now
  • what make of car is that?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brand

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: kind, sort, form, variety

62

verb

Meaning 62

act in a certain way so as to acquire

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • make friends
  • make enemies

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: act, behave, do

63

verb

Meaning 63

eliminate urine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: excrete, egest, eliminate, pass

Narrower terms: wet, stale

64

verb

Meaning 64

have a bowel movement

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The dog had made in the flower beds

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: excrete, egest, eliminate, pass

Narrower terms: dung

65

verb

Meaning 65

behave in a certain way

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • make merry

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: act, behave, do

66

verb

Meaning 66

give certain properties to something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: get

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

Narrower terms: render, get, let, have, leave

67

verb

Meaning 67

put in order or neaten

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • make the bed
  • make up a room

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: make up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away

68

verb

Meaning 68

develop into

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He will make a splendid father!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: develop, grow

69

verb

Meaning 69

change from one form into another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • make water into wine
  • make lead into gold
  • make clay into bricks

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

70

verb

Meaning 70

favor the development of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Practice makes the winner

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: develop

71

verb

Meaning 71

cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • make my day

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

72

verb

Meaning 72

institute, enact, or establish

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • make laws

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lay down, establish

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: make, create

Narrower terms: set, mark

73

verb

Meaning 73

calculate as being

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I make the height about 100 feet

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge

74

verb

Meaning 74

consider as being

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • It wasn't the problem some people made it

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: see, consider, reckon, view, regard

75

verb

Meaning 75

make, formulate, or derive in the mind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I draw a line here
  • draw a conclusion
  • draw parallels
  • make an estimate
  • What do you make of his remarks?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: draw

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: create by mental act, create mentally

76

verb

Meaning 76

cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: induce, stimulate, cause, have, get

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: decide, persuade, bring, solicit, encourage, let, lead, prompt, inspire, instigate, suborn, compel, oblige, obligate

77

verb

Meaning 77

represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She makes like an actress

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pretend, make believe

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: act, play, represent

Narrower terms: go through the motions

78

verb

Meaning 78

assure the success of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • A good review by this critic will make your play!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: break

Broader terms: guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure

79

verb

Meaning 79

induce to have sex

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Harry finally seduced Sally
  • Did you score last night?
  • Harry made Sally

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: seduce, score

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: persuade

80

verb

Meaning 80

make or cause to be or to become

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • make a mess in one's office
  • create a furor

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: create

Antonyms: none provided

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

81

verb

Meaning 81

create or design, often in a certain way

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Do my room in blue
  • I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: do

Antonyms: unmake

Broader terms: create, make

82

verb

Meaning 82

create or manufacture a man-made product

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We produce more cars than we can sell
  • The company has been making toys for two centuries

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: produce, create

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: breed, remake, refashion, redo, make over, prefabricate, underproduce, output, pulse, pulsate, clap up, clap together, slap together, custom-make, customize, customise, tailor-make, dummy, dummy up, turn out, machine, churn out, overproduce, elaborate, put out, laminate, bootleg, generate, render, yield, return, give, extrude, squeeze out, smelt, reproduce, preassemble, fudge together, throw together, print, publish, confect, proof, cut, burn

83

verb

Meaning 83

create by artistic means

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • create a poem
  • Schoenberg created twelve-tone music
  • Picasso created Cubism
  • Auden made verses

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: create

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: make, create

Narrower terms: do, make, design

84

verb

Meaning 84

give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • cause a commotion
  • make a stir
  • cause an accident

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cause, do

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: make, create

Narrower terms: determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate, initiate, pioneer, effect, effectuate, set up, make, occasion, provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up, engender, breed, spawn, motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite, impel, force, facilitate

85

verb

Meaning 85

compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!
  • Heat makes you sweat

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cause, do, make

Narrower terms: drive

86

verb

Meaning 86

make by shaping or bringing together constituents

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • make a dress
  • make a cake
  • make a wall of stones

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: create from raw material, create from raw stuff

Narrower terms: compose, compile, manufacture, fabricate, construct, fashion, forge, cooper

87

verb

Meaning 87

make by combining materials and parts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • this little pig made his house out of straw
  • Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: construct, build

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: make, create

Narrower terms: customize, customise, revet, dry-wall, lock, wattle, frame, frame up, rebuild, reconstruct, groin, cantilever, raise, erect, rear, set up, put up, corduroy, channelize, channelise

88

verb

Meaning 88

prepare for eating by applying heat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Cook me dinner, please
  • can you make me an omelette?
  • fix breakfast for the guests, please

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cook, fix, ready, prepare

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: create from raw material, create from raw stuff

Narrower terms: preserve, keep, dress, dress out, deglaze, scallop, escallop, flambe, put on, devil, precook, whip up, whomp up, concoct, cook up, lard

89

verb

Meaning 89

organize or be responsible for

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • hold a reception
  • have, throw, or make a party
  • give a course

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hold, throw, have, give

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: direct

90

verb

Meaning 90

gather and light the materials for

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • make a fire

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: create from raw material, create from raw stuff

91

verb

Meaning 91

perform or carry out

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • make a decision
  • make a move
  • make advances
  • make a phone call

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: perform, execute, do

Narrower terms: pay

92

verb

Meaning 92

reach a destination, either real or abstract

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We hit Detroit by noon
  • The water reached the doorstep
  • We barely made it to the finish line
  • I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reach, attain, hit, arrive at, gain

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: catch up, scale, surmount, access, get at, bottom out, top out, peak, summit, breast, top, make, find, culminate, get through, come through, ground, run aground

93

verb

Meaning 93

reach in time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We barely made the plane

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain

94

verb

Meaning 94

reach a goal, e.g.,

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • make the first team
  • We made it!
  • She may not make the grade

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reach, get to, progress to

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: achieve, accomplish, attain, reach

95

verb

Meaning 95

proceed along a path

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • work one's way through the crowd
  • make one's way into the forest

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: work

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pass, go through, go across

Narrower terms: claw, jostle, bushwhack

96

verb

Meaning 96

head into a specified direction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The escaped convict took to the hills
  • We made for the mountains

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: take

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: head

97

verb

Meaning 97

appear to begin an activity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He made to speak but said nothing in the end
  • She made as if to say hello to us

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: look, appear, seem

98

verb

Meaning 98

earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • How much do you make a month in your new job?
  • She earns a lot in her new job
  • this merger brought in lots of money
  • He clears $5,000 each month

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gain, take in, clear, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: get, acquire

Narrower terms: eke out, squeeze out, profit, turn a profit, rake off, take home, bring home, rake in, shovel in, gross, yield, pay, bear

99

verb

Meaning 99

achieve a point or goal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Nicklaus had a 70
  • The Brazilian team got 4 goals
  • She made 29 points that day

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: have, get

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: score, hit, tally, rack up

100

verb

Meaning 100

charge with a function; charge to be

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She was named Head of the Committee
  • She was made president of the club

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: name, nominate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: appoint, charge

Narrower terms: rename

101

verb

Meaning 101

engage in

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • make love, not war
  • make an effort
  • do research
  • do nothing
  • make revolution

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: do

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: overdo, exaggerate

102

verb

Meaning 102

carry out or commit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • make a mistake
  • commit a faux-pas

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: perpetrate, commit, pull

103

verb

Meaning 103

form by assembling individuals or constituents

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Make a quorum

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: assemble, gather, get together

104

verb

Meaning 104

constitute the essence of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Clothes make the man

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be

105

verb

Meaning 105

to compose or represent:

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This wall forms the background of the stage setting
  • The branches made a roof
  • This makes a fine introduction

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: form, constitute

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be

Narrower terms: chelate, add

106

verb

Meaning 106

amount to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: amount

107

verb

Meaning 107

be or be capable of being changed or made into

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He makes a great host
  • He will make a fine father

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: become

108

verb

Meaning 108

add up to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • four and four make eight

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: total, number, add up, come, amount

109

verb

Meaning 109

be suitable for

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Wood makes good furniture

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: be

110

verb

Meaning 110

undergo fabrication or creation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This wool makes into a nice sweater

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change

History

Etymology

From Middle English macen, machiæ, macian, macke, mak, make, maken, makiȝe, from Old English macian (“to build, make, work”), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn (“to build, make, work”), from *mak (“agreeable, comfortable, fit, suitable”), from Proto-Germanic *makaz (“agreeable, comfortable, fit, suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh2ǵ-, *meh2ḱ- (“to knead”) or *meg- (“to be comfortable, pleasant”). Related to match. Cognates Cognate with Scots mak (“to make”), Yola maak, maake (“to make”), North Frisian maage, maaki, mååge (“to make”), Saterland Frisian moakje (“to make; to repair; to prepare; to preach; to earn”), West Frisian meitsje (“to make”), Alemannic German mache (“to make; to do”), Bavarian måcha, måchn (“to make; to do; to go; to cause; to play; to matter; to look”), Cimbrian machan (“to make”), Dutch and Low German maken (“to make”), German machen (“to make; to do; to go; to cause; to play; to fare; to look”), Luxembourgish maachen, man (“to make; to do; to take; to equal; to put”), Mòcheno mòchen (“to make”), Vilamovian mahha (“to make; to do”), Yiddish מאַכן (makhn, “to create, make; to do; to say”); also probably Irish mám (“yoke; duty, obligation; function, service”), Latin mācerō (“to soften; to weaken; to mortify; to torture”), Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō, “to handle, knead; to wipe”), Bulgarian ма́жа (máža, “to smear; to oil”), Czech mazat (“to lubricate; to spread; to smear; to scribble; to erase”), Polish mazać (“to smear; to scribble; to pule, whimper”), Russian ма́зать (mázatʹ, “to oil; to paint; to smear; to soil; to miss”), Serbo-Croatian ма̏зати, mȁzati (“to smear; to dirty”), Ukrainian ма́зати (mázaty, “to smear”), Old Armenian մած (mac, “glued together, joined; coagulated, curdled; adhesive, sticking; compact; dense”), Hindi मचाना (macānā, “to cause, raise, wreak”).

From Middle English make, imake, ȝemace, from Old English ġemaca (“a mate, an equal, companion, peer”), from Proto-West Germanic *gamakō, from Proto-Germanic *gamakô (“companion, comrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *maǵ- (“to knead, oil”). Reinforced by Old Norse maki (“an equal”). Cognate with Icelandic maki (“spouse”), Swedish make (“spouse, husband”), Danish mage (“companion, fellow, mate”). Doublet of match.

Uncertain.

Origin unclear.

Across languages

Translations

549 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մակնիշ (makniš) — brand
  • Bulgarian: марка (marka) — brand
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牌子 (páizi) — brand
  • Chinese Mandarin: 品牌 (pǐnpái) — brand
  • Czech: značka — brand
  • Danish: mærke — brand
  • Danish: fabrikat — brand
  • Dutch: merk — brand
  • Esperanto: marko — brand
  • Finnish: merkki — brand
  • Finnish: malli — brand
  • French: marque — brand
  • German: Fabrikat — brand
  • German: Marke — brand
  • Greek: μάρκα (márka) — brand
  • Hungarian: márka — brand
  • Hungarian: gyártmány — brand
  • Irish: cineál — brand
  • Irish: déanamh — brand
  • Italian: marca — brand
  • Japanese: メーク (mēku) — brand
  • Japanese: 銘柄 (meigara) — brand
  • Japanese: 製 (sei) — brand
  • Polish: marka — brand
  • Portuguese: marca — brand
  • Russian: ма́рка (márka) — brand
  • Spanish: marca — brand
  • Swedish: märke — brand
  • Afrikaans: maak — to construct
  • Ainu: カラ (kara) — to construct
  • Albanian: kry — to construct
  • Southern Altai: эдер (eder) — to construct
  • Southern Altai: јазаар (ǰazaar) — to construct
  • Southern Altai: кылар (kïlar) — to construct
  • Amharic: መስራት (mäsrat) — to construct
  • Chungli Ao: yanglu — to construct
  • Arabic: فَعَلَ (faʕala) — to construct
  • Arabic: صَنَعَ (ṣanaʕa) — to construct
  • Algerian Arabic: دار — to construct
  • Armenian: անել (anel) — to construct
  • Armenian: շինել (šinel) — to construct
  • Armenian: սարքել (sarkʻel) — to construct
  • Armenian: պատրաստել (patrastel) — to construct
  • Assamese: সজা (xoza) — to construct
  • Assamese: বনোৱা (bonüa) — to construct
  • Asturian: facer — to construct
  • Azerbaijani: eləmək — to construct
  • Azerbaijani: etmək — to construct
  • Bashkir: эшләү (eşləw/eştəw) — to construct
  • Bashkir: эштәү (eşləw/eştəw) — to construct
  • Bashkir: яһау (yahaw) — to construct
  • Belarusian: рабі́ць (rabícʹ) — to construct
  • Belarusian: зрабі́ць (zrabícʹ) — to construct
  • Betawi: bikin — to construct
  • Breton: ober — to construct
  • Bulgarian: строя (stroja) — to construct
  • Catalan: fer — to construct
  • Chinese Cantonese: 整 (zing2) — to construct
  • Chinese Mandarin: 制造 (zhìzào) — to construct
  • Chinese Mandarin: 做 (zuò) — to construct
  • Chinese Mandarin: 製作 /制作 (zhìzuò) — to construct
  • Chuukese: föri — to construct
  • Coptic: ⲉⲓⲣⲉ (eire) — to construct
  • Coptic: ⲣⲁ (ra) — to construct
  • Cornish: gul — to construct
  • Cornish: gwul — to construct
  • Cornish: gwruthyl — to construct
  • Czech: stavět — to construct
  • Danish: lave — to construct
  • Danish: udføre — to construct
  • Dutch: maken — to construct
  • Egyptian: ir (jrj) — to construct
  • Esperanto: fari — to construct
  • Estonian: tegema — to construct
  • Even: о- (o-) — to construct
  • Evenki: о- (o-) — to construct
  • Faliscan: facio (facio) — to construct
  • Finnish: tehdä — to construct
  • Finnish: rakentaa — to construct
  • French: faire — to construct
  • North Frisian: mååge — to construct
  • North Frisian: maage — to construct
  • West-Frisian: meitsje — to construct
  • Galician: facer — to construct
  • Galician: construír — to construct
  • German: machen — to construct
  • German: bauen — to construct
  • Old High German: mahhōn — to construct
  • Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (taujan) — to construct
  • Greek: κατασκευάζω (kataskevázo) — to construct
  • Greek: φτιάχνω (ftiáchno) — to construct
  • Ancient Greek: ποιέω (poiéō) — to construct
  • Mbya Guarani: japo — to construct
  • Hebrew: בנה (banáh) — to construct
  • Hindi: बनाना (banānā) — to construct
  • Hungarian: készít — to construct
  • Hungarian: csinál — to construct
  • Icelandic: gera — to construct
  • Irish: déan — to construct
  • Istriot: fà — to construct
  • Italian: fare — to construct
  • Japanese: 作る (tsukuru) — to construct
  • Japanese: 建設する (kensetsu suru) — to construct
  • Jarai: ngă — to construct
  • Kabuverdianu: faze — to construct
  • Kaitag: бира́ра (birára) — to construct
  • Kambera: pandoi — to construct
  • Korean: 만들다 (mandeulda) — to construct
  • Korean: 하다 (hada) — to construct
  • Korean: 제작하다 (jejakhada) — to construct
  • Northern Kurdish: çêkirin — to construct
  • Latgalian: gatavēt — to construct
  • Latgalian: rūst — to construct
  • Latgalian: taiseit — to construct
  • Latin: facio — to construct
  • Latin: ago — to construct
  • Latin: struo — to construct
  • Latvian: darīt — to construct
  • Livonian: tīedõ — to construct
  • Low German: maken — to construct
  • Macedonian: прави (pravi) — to construct
  • Maltese: għamel — to construct
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: ba'al — to construct
  • Māori: hanga — to construct
  • Maranao: ba'al — to construct
  • Central Sierra Miwok: čý·l- — to construct
  • Mòcheno: mòchen — to construct
  • Khiamniungan Naga: hìeshā — to construct
  • Khiamniungan Naga: hīe — to construct
  • Khiamniungan Naga: hīeshá — to construct
  • Nanai: анго- (aŋo-) — to construct
  • Norman: faithe — to construct
  • Old English: wyrċan — to construct
  • Persian: ساختن (sâxtan) — to construct
  • Plautdietsch: moaken — to construct
  • Polish: konstruować — to construct
  • Portuguese: fazer — to construct
  • Portuguese: construir — to construct
  • Romanian: face — to construct
  • Russian: де́лать (délatʹ) — to construct
  • Russian: сде́лать (sdélatʹ) — to construct
  • Russian: изгота́вливать (izgotávlivatʹ) — to construct
  • Russian: изготовля́ть (izgotovljátʹ) — to construct
  • Russian: изгото́вить (izgotóvitʹ) — to construct
  • Scots: mak — to construct
  • Scottish Gaelic: dèan — to construct
  • Sicilian: fari — to construct
  • Slovak: robiť — to construct
  • Slovene: narediti — to construct
  • Somali: samayn — to construct
  • Spanish: hacer — to construct
  • Spanish: artificiar — to construct
  • Spanish: obrar — to construct
  • Spanish: construir — to construct
  • Spanish: edificar — to construct
  • Spanish: formar — to construct
  • Swedish: göra — to construct
  • Sylheti: ꠛꠣꠘꠣꠘꠤ (banani) — to construct
  • Sylheti: ꠢꠣꠎꠣ (haza) — to construct
  • Tamil: பண்ணு (paṇṇu) — to construct
  • Tamil: செய் (cey) — to construct
  • Tocharian B: yām- — to construct
  • Ukrainian: роби́ти (robýty) — to construct
  • Ukrainian: зроби́ти (zrobýty) — to construct
  • Ukrainian: виготовля́ти (vyhotovljáty) — to construct
  • Ukrainian: вигото́вити (vyhotóvyty) — to construct
  • Urdu: بنانا (banānā) — to construct
  • Venetan: far — to construct
  • Vietnamese: làm — to construct
  • Welsh: gwneud — to construct
  • Yao (Africa): kupanganya — to construct
  • Yucatec Maya: beet — to construct
  • Zazaki: kerden — to construct
  • Afrikaans: produseer — to produce
  • Albanian: kry — to produce
  • Albanian: bëj — to produce
  • Arabic: صَنَعَ (ṣanaʕa) — to produce
  • Armenian: արտադրել (artadrel) — to produce
  • Assamese: প্ৰস্তুত কৰা (prostut kora) — to produce
  • Asturian: facer — to produce
  • Azerbaijani: qayırmaq — to produce
  • Azerbaijani: düzəltmək — to produce
  • Bashkir: эшләү (eşləw/eştəw) — to produce
  • Bashkir: эштәү (eşləw/eştəw) — to produce
  • Bashkir: яһау (yahaw) — to produce
  • Betawi: bikin — to produce
  • Bulgarian: правя (pravja) — to produce
  • Chinese Cantonese: 整 (zing2) — to produce
  • Egyptian: ir (jrj) — to produce
  • Faliscan: facio (facio) — to produce
  • Finnish: tehdä — to produce
  • Finnish: tuottaa — to produce
  • West-Frisian: meitsje — to produce
  • Galician: facer — to produce
  • Galician: producir — to produce
  • German: machen — to produce
  • German: produzieren — to produce
  • Old High German: mahhōn — to produce
  • Ancient Greek: ποιέω (poiéō) — to produce
  • Hebrew: יצר — to produce
  • Hungarian: készít — to produce
  • Hungarian: alkot — to produce
  • Hungarian: létrehoz — to produce
  • Japanese: 作る (tsukuru) — to produce
  • Japanese: 生産する (seisan suru) — to produce
  • Japanese: 製造する (seizō suru) — to produce
  • Judeo-Italian: פַֿארֵי — to produce
  • Kabuverdianu: faze — to produce
  • Korean: 생산하다 (saengsanhada) — to produce
  • Latin: facio — to produce
  • Latin: ago — to produce
  • Latin: produco — to produce
  • Eastern Mari: ышташ (yštaš) — to produce
  • Mòcheno: mòchen — to produce
  • Persian: تولید کردن — to produce
  • Persian: ایجاد کردن — to produce
  • Persian: ساختن (sâxtan) — to produce
  • Polish: wytwarzać — to produce
  • Polish: wytworzyć — to produce
  • Polish: wyrabiać — to produce
  • Polish: wyrobić — to produce
  • Polish: produkować — to produce
  • Polish: wyprodukować — to produce
  • Polish: wykonywać — to produce
  • Polish: wykonać — to produce
  • Portuguese: fazer — to produce
  • Sanskrit: आरभ्ति (ārabhti) — to produce
  • Scots: mak — to produce
  • Spanish: producir — to produce
  • Spanish: elaborar — to produce
  • Spanish: confeccionar — to produce
  • Swedish: tillverka — to produce
  • Tamil: பண்ணு (paṇṇu) — to produce
  • Tamil: செய் (cey) — to produce
  • Waray-Waray: himo — to produce
  • Welsh: cynhyrchu — to produce
  • Welsh: gwneud — to produce
  • Zazaki: resnen — to produce
  • Zazaki: icad kerden — to produce
  • Afrikaans: maak — to create
  • Albanian: kry — to create
  • Arabic: صَنَعَ (ṣanaʕa) — to create
  • Armenian: ստեղծել (steġcel) — to create
  • Assamese: বনোৱা (bonüa) — to create
  • Assamese: সজা (xoza) — to create
  • Assamese: সৃষ্টি কৰা (xristi kora) — to create
  • Asturian: facer — to create
  • Bashkir: эшләү (eşləw/eştəw) — to create
  • Bashkir: эштәү (eşləw/eştəw) — to create
  • Bashkir: яһау (yahaw) — to create
  • Betawi: bikin — to create
  • Bulgarian: създавам (sǎzdavam) — to create
  • Cebuano: gama — to create
  • Chinese Cantonese: 整 (zing2) — to create
  • Czech: vyrábět — to create
  • Czech: dělat — to create
  • Czech: tvořit — to create
  • Czech: vytvářet — to create
  • Czech: udělat — to create
  • Danish: lave — to create
  • Danish: fremstille — to create
  • Danish: skabe — to create
  • Dutch: maken — to create
  • Esperanto: krei — to create
  • Faliscan: facio (facio) — to create
  • Finnish: tehdä — to create
  • Finnish: luoda — to create
  • French: faire — to create
  • French: créer — to create
  • West-Frisian: meitsje — to create
  • Galician: facer — to create
  • German: machen — to create
  • Old High German: mahhōn — to create
  • Greek: φτιάχνω (ftiáchno) — to create
  • Greek: κατασκευάζω (kataskevázo) — to create
  • Greek: κάνω (káno) — to create
  • Ancient Greek: κτίζω (ktízō) — to create
  • Ancient Greek: ποιέω (poiéō) — to create
  • Mbya Guarani: japo — to create
  • Hebrew: עשה — to create
  • Hindi: रचना (racnā) — to create
  • Hindi: सृजना (sŕjnā) — to create
  • Hindi: रचना करना (racnā karnā) — to create
  • Hindi: सृजन करना (sŕjan karnā) — to create
  • Hungarian: alkot — to create
  • Icelandic: búa til — to create
  • Irish: déan — to create
  • Japanese: 創る (tsukuru) — to create
  • Japanese: 創造する (sōzō suru) — to create
  • Kabuverdianu: faze — to create
  • Korean: 만들다 (mandeulda) — to create
  • Korean: 제작하다 (jejakhada) — to create
  • Latin: facio — to create
  • Latin: ago — to create
  • Latin: creo — to create
  • Eastern Mari: ышташ (yštaš) — to create
  • Middle English: maken — to create
  • Mòcheno: mòchen — to create
  • Khiamniungan Naga: hìeshā — to create
  • Khiamniungan Naga: hīe — to create
  • Khiamniungan Naga: hīeshá — to create
  • Norwegian: lage — to create
  • Old English: wyrċan — to create
  • Persian: ساختن — to create
  • Polish: tworzyć — to create
  • Polish: stworzyć — to create
  • Polish: robić — to create
  • Portuguese: fazer — to create
  • Russian: де́лать (délatʹ) — to create
  • Russian: сде́лать (sdélatʹ) — to create
  • Russian: создава́ть (sozdavátʹ) — to create
  • Russian: созда́ть (sozdátʹ) — to create
  • Scots: mak — to create
  • Spanish: hacer — to create
  • Spanish: crear — to create
  • Spanish: instrumentar — to create
  • Spanish: formar — to create
  • Swedish: skapa — to create
  • Turkish: yapmak — to create
  • Turkish: yaratmak — to create
  • Welsh: creu — to create
  • Yao (Africa): kupanganya — to create
  • Zazaki: vırazen — to create
  • Albanian: krijoj — to form
  • Finnish: muotoilla — to form
  • West-Frisian: meitsje — to form
  • Old High German: mahhōn — to form
  • Hungarian: készít — to form
  • Korean: 이루다 (iruda) — to form
  • Khiamniungan Naga: hìeshā — to form
  • Khiamniungan Naga: hīe — to form
  • Khiamniungan Naga: hīeshá — to form
  • Persian: تشکیل دادن — to form
  • Scots: mak — to form
  • Spanish: formar — to form
  • Swedish: forma — to form
  • Afrikaans: vorm — to constitute
  • Armenian: լինել (linel) — to constitute
  • Armenian: կազմել (kazmel) — to constitute
  • Dutch: vormen — to constitute
  • Finnish: olla — to constitute
  • West-Frisian: foarmje — to constitute
  • West-Frisian: meitsje — to constitute
  • Old High German: mahhōn — to constitute
  • Hebrew: היווה — to constitute
  • Hungarian: alkot — to constitute
  • Japanese: 構成する (kōsei suru) — to constitute
  • Korean: 구성하다 (guseonghada) — to constitute
  • Latin: facio — to constitute
  • Latin: ago — to constitute
  • Latin: struo — to constitute
  • Khiamniungan Naga: hìeshā — to constitute
  • Khiamniungan Naga: hīe — to constitute
  • Khiamniungan Naga: hīeshá — to constitute
  • Old English: wyrċan — to constitute
  • Portuguese: fazer — to constitute
  • Spanish: hacer — to constitute
  • Zazaki: kerden — to constitute
  • Afrikaans: maak — to interpret
  • Armenian: հասկանալ (haskanal) — to interpret
  • Armenian: մեկնաբանել (meknabanel) — to interpret
  • Dutch: maken — to interpret
  • Dutch: denken — to interpret
  • Dutch: interpreteren — to interpret
  • Finnish: tulkita — to interpret
  • Finnish: ajatella — to interpret
  • West-Frisian: meitsje — to interpret
  • West-Frisian: tinke — to interpret
  • German: machen — to interpret
  • German: interpretieren — to interpret
  • Old High German: mahhōn — to interpret
  • Greek: καταλαβαίνω (katalavaíno) — to interpret
  • Hungarian: értelmez — to interpret
  • Japanese: 解釈する (kaishaku suru) — to interpret
  • Korean: 해석하다 (haeseokhada) — to interpret
  • Portuguese: interpretar — to interpret
  • Spanish: hacer — to interpret
  • Welsh: dehongli — to interpret
  • Dutch: maken — to bring into success
  • Finnish: tehdä — to bring into success
  • West-Frisian: grutmeitsje — to bring into success
  • German: machen — to bring into success
  • Old High German: mahhōn — to bring into success
  • Greek: καταφέρνω (kataférno) — to bring into success
  • Hungarian: sikerre visz — to bring into success
  • Hungarian: sikeressé tesz — to bring into success
  • Japanese: 成す (nasu) — to bring into success
  • Japanese: 成し遂げる (nashitogeru) — to bring into success
  • Korean: 성공하다 (seonggonghada) — to bring into success
  • Korean: 달성하다 (dalseonghada) — to bring into success
  • Latin: facio — to bring into success
  • Latin: ago — to bring into success
  • Portuguese: fazer — to bring into success
  • Slovene: narediti — to bring into success
  • Spanish: hacer — to bring into success
  • Afrikaans: maak — to cause to be
  • Arabic: جَعَلَ (jaʕala) — to cause to be
  • Armenian: դարձնել (darjnel) — to cause to be
  • Betawi: bikin — to cause to be
  • Chinese Mandarin: 使 (shǐ) — to cause to be
  • Chinese Mandarin: 使得 (shǐdé) — to cause to be
  • Czech: činit — to cause to be
  • Danish: gøre — to cause to be
  • Dutch: maken — to cause to be
  • Finnish: tehdä — to cause to be
  • French: rendre — to cause to be
  • West-Frisian: meitsje — to cause to be
  • German: machen — to cause to be
  • Hebrew: גרם (garám) — to cause to be
  • Hindi: कारण (kāraṇ) — to cause to be
  • Hungarian: tesz — to cause to be
  • Italian: rendere — to cause to be
  • Japanese: 原因になる (gen'in ni naru) — to cause to be
  • Japanese: する — to cause to be
  • Latin: facio — to cause to be
  • Latin: ago — to cause to be
  • Old English: dōn — to cause to be
  • Polish: czynić — to cause to be
  • Portuguese: fazer — to cause to be
  • Portuguese: deixar — to cause to be
  • Lower Sorbian: póraś — to cause to be
  • Spanish: hacer — to cause to be
  • Spanish: hacer que — to cause to be
  • Spanish: hacer de — to cause to be
  • Swedish: göra — to cause to be
  • Zazaki: ben (diq) — to cause to be
  • Afrikaans: doen — to cause to do
  • Arabic: جَعَلَ (jaʕala) — to cause to do
  • Armenian: -ցն- (-cʻn-) — to cause to do
  • Armenian: -ացն- (-acʻn-) — to cause to do
  • Armenian: -եցն- (-ecʻn-) — to cause to do
  • Betawi: bikin — to cause to do
  • Catalan: fer — to cause to do
  • Dutch: doen — to cause to do
  • Dutch: ertoe brengen — to cause to do
  • Esperanto: igi — to cause to do
  • Finnish: saada — to cause to do
  • French: faire — to cause to do
  • German: lassen — to cause to do
  • German: bringen — to cause to do
  • Hebrew: גרם — to cause to do
  • Hungarian: -at — to cause to do
  • Hungarian: -et — to cause to do
  • Hungarian: -tat — to cause to do
  • Hungarian: -tet — to cause to do
  • Hungarian: elér — to cause to do
  • Irish: tabhair ar — to cause to do
  • Italian: fare — to cause to do
  • Japanese: 引き起こす (hikiokosu) — to cause to do
  • Japanese: させる (saseru) — to cause to do
  • Japanese: やらせる (yaraseru) — to cause to do
  • Judeo-Italian: פַֿארֵי — to cause to do
  • Korean: 일으키다 (ireukida) — to cause to do
  • Latin: facio — to cause to do
  • Latin: ago — to cause to do
  • Old English: dōn — to cause to do
  • Polish: sprawiać — to cause to do
  • Portuguese: fazer — to cause to do
  • Spanish: hacer — to cause to do
  • Zazaki: arden — to cause to do
  • Afrikaans: doen — to force to do
  • Arabic: جَعَلَ (jaʕala) — to force to do
  • Armenian: ստիպել (stipel) — to force to do
  • Armenian: հարկադրել (harkadrel) — to force to do
  • Armenian: դրդել (drdel) — to force to do
  • Czech: přimět — to force to do
  • Czech: donutit — to force to do
  • Czech: přinutit — to force to do
  • Danish: få til — to force to do
  • Dutch: doen — to force to do
  • Dutch: ertoe brengen — to force to do
  • Esperanto: devigi — to force to do
  • Finnish: pakottaa — to force to do
  • Finnish: teettää — to force to do
  • West-Frisian: dwaan litte — to force to do
  • German: lassen — to force to do
  • German: zwingen — to force to do
  • Hebrew: הכריח (hikhríakh) — to force to do
  • Hindi: विवश करना (vivaś karnā) — to force to do
  • Hungarian: késztet — to force to do
  • Hungarian: rávesz — to force to do
  • Irish: tabhair ar — to force to do
  • Japanese: させる (saseru) — to force to do
  • Japanese: 強制する (kyōsei suru) — to force to do
  • Korean: 시키다 (sikida) — to force to do
  • Latin: compello — to force to do
  • Latin: cogo — to force to do
  • Latvian: likt — to force to do
  • Latvian: piespiest — to force to do
  • Old English: dōn — to force to do
  • Polish: zmuszać — to force to do
  • Polish: zmusić — to force to do
  • Portuguese: fazer — to force to do
  • Russian: заставля́ть (zastavljátʹ) — to force to do
  • Russian: заста́вить (zastávitʹ) — to force to do
  • Russian: принужда́ть (prinuždátʹ) — to force to do
  • Russian: прину́дить (prinúditʹ) — to force to do
  • Spanish: obligar — to force to do
  • Welsh: gorfodi — to force to do
  • Afrikaans: maak — to indicate or suggest to be
  • Arabic: جَعَلَ (jaʕala) — to indicate or suggest to be
  • Armenian: դարձնել (darjnel) — to indicate or suggest to be
  • Dutch: maken — to indicate or suggest to be
  • Finnish: tehdä — to indicate or suggest to be
  • West-Frisian: meitsje — to indicate or suggest to be
  • German: machen — to indicate or suggest to be
  • Hungarian: tesz — to indicate or suggest to be
  • Japanese: 推測させる (suisoku saseru) — to indicate or suggest to be
  • Latin: facio — to indicate or suggest to be
  • Latin: ago — to indicate or suggest to be
  • Portuguese: fazer — to indicate or suggest to be
  • Spanish: hacer — to indicate or suggest to be
  • Welsh: awgrymu — to indicate or suggest to be
  • Bulgarian: опра́вям (oprávjam) — to cover with bedclothes
  • Bulgarian: опра́вя (oprávja) — to cover with bedclothes
  • Czech: ustlat — to cover with bedclothes
  • Czech: stlát — to cover with bedclothes
  • Finnish: pedata — to cover with bedclothes
  • Galician: arroupar — to cover with bedclothes
  • Galician: facer — to cover with bedclothes
  • German: machen — to cover with bedclothes
  • Hungarian: megágyaz — to cover with bedclothes
  • Hungarian: megvet — to cover with bedclothes
  • Irish: cóirigh — to cover with bedclothes
  • Polish: ścielić — to cover with bedclothes
  • Polish: pościelić — to cover with bedclothes
  • Scottish Gaelic: càirich — to cover with bedclothes
  • Finnish: tunnistaa — to recognise
  • Hungarian: észrevesz — to recognise
  • Hungarian: felismer — to recognise
  • Hungarian: (hu) kiszúr — to recognise
  • Latin: distingo — to recognise
  • Chinese Cantonese: 搵錢 /揾钱 — to earn, to gain (money)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 賺 /赚 — to earn, to gain (money)
  • Finnish: ansaita — to earn, to gain (money)
  • Finnish: tienata — to earn, to gain (money)
  • French: gagner — to earn, to gain (money)
  • West-Frisian: fertsjinje — to earn, to gain (money)
  • Galician: gañar — to earn, to gain (money)
  • Hungarian: keres — to earn, to gain (money)
  • Korean: 벌다 (beolda) — to earn, to gain (money)
  • Norwegian: tjene — to earn, to gain (money)
  • Old English: earnian — to earn, to gain (money)
  • Portuguese: ganhar — to earn, to gain (money)
  • Spanish: ganar — to earn, to gain (money)
  • Spanish: cobrar — to earn, to gain (money)
  • Spanish: hacer — to earn, to gain (money)
  • Spanish: devengar — to earn, to gain (money)
  • Swedish: tjäna — to earn, to gain (money)