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to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials<will you help me make the dough for the cookies?>Synonymsfabricate, fashion, form, frame, manufacture, produceRelated Wordsassemble, build, construct, erect, make up, put up, raise, rear, structure, throw up; craft, handcraft; forge, mold, shape; prefabricate; create, invent, originate; establish, father, institute, organize; concoct, contrive, cook up, design, devise, imagine, think (up); conceive, envisage, picture, visualize; refashion, remake, remanufacturePhrasesput togetherNear Antonymsdisassemble, dismantle, take apart; break up, dismember; abolish, annihilate, demolish, destroy, devastate, eradicate, exterminate, extinguish, flatten, pulverize, raze, ruin, shatter, smash, wreck; break, damage, harm, hurt, impair; blow up, explode
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to obtain (as a goal) through effort<we finally made it!>— see achieve 1
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to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)<the sudden collapse of the woman made a disturbance in the theater>— see effect
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to carry through (as a process) to completion<one student will be asked to make a speech at the commencement ceremonies>— see perform 1
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to cause (a person) to give in to pressure<made him do all the work while everyone else just lounged around>— see force
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to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement<I make that to be about six feet>— see estimate 2
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to form by putting together parts or materials<make a model airplane>— see build
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to give the impression of being<the family made merry despite the worries>— see seem
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to go on a specified course or in a certain direction<the baby made straight for the toy lying on the rug>— see head 1
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to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action<the legislature failed to make any new laws last session>— see enact
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to receive as return for effort<I made almost $20 mowing lawns today>— see earn 1
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to recognize the meaning of<what do you make of the latest information?>— see comprehend 1
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