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verb

Definition of make overnext
1
as in to transform
to change in form, appearance, or use the old factory was completely made over and is now an upscale shopping center

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2
as in to cede
to give over the legal possession or ownership of made the deed over to his daughter

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as in to remodel
to make different in some way just got up one day and decided to make over her hairstyle and her appearance in general

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makeover

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noun

as in transformation

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Recent Examples of make over
Verb
In addition to the payments, which will be made over the next decade, Meta agreed to implement safety features to protect children on Instagram and Facebook. — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 The new owners have begun making over the building, starting with the lobby. — Zak Spector, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
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The cookies combine chocolate, marshmallow and pieces of graham cracker, giving the classic campfire dessert a bakery-style makeover. — Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026 The developer that’s built luxury apartment complexes from Wilton and Cheshire to New Haven is proposing a 235-unit complex near New London’s waterfront that would create a complete makeover for what’s considered the shabbiest road in the city. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for make over
Recent Examples of Synonyms for make over
  1. transform
  2. cede
  3. remodel
  4. transformation
  5. convert
  6. assign
  7. modify
  8. modification
Verb
  • If the team succeeds, the result could transform a technology normally associated with large laboratory instruments into a compact quantum sensor that can be carried where the threat actually is.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Modern platforms transform social reaction into measurable data.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of transform
Verb
  • That war of wills ended with the Emirates ceding control of Bab el-Mandeb — along with the nearby island of Perim, where the Emirates had built a drone airbase — to Saudi Arabia.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The reality, however, appears to be that Isaacman does not want to cede any more time in this race and is thus pushing for as many cargo and crew missions as possible to the Moon as soon as possible.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of cede
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  • Alaska is far from the first carrier to remodel its cabins, but that might work to its benefit when the fresh product hits the market.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Parsons gutted the building — which hadn’t been used in a long time — and remodeled the entire building with new floors, walls, lighting, kitchen equipment.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of remodel
Noun
  • The one group left out of this transformation, Nussbaum believed, were working-class women.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Ahead, Bélanger details Reinhart’s transformation, how hair furthers the stories of both her character and costar Tom Bateman’s, and gives us a glimpse of the happenings behind the scenes.
    — Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of transformation
Verb
  • Instead, excess testosterone is converted into dihydrotestosterone (DHT), which causes the hair follicles to become smaller and then the hair strands to become thinner.
    — Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026
  • In Nobody Wants This, agnostic podcaster Joanne Williams (Kristen Bell) begins an unexpected romance with Rabbi Noah Roklov (Brody), which shakes both their families as Joanne immerses herself in Noah’s culture and decides to convert to Judaism.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of convert
Verb
  • After Ada was identified, Thompson was assigned to the case to investigate her homicide.
    — Veronica Fulton-Mazaika, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The 54 participants were then randomly assigned to one of three groups.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of assign
Verb
  • Under a specific sequence of events, the issue can occur when pilots perform a go-around from a precision approach with the autopilot engaged and then modify the flight path programmed into the flight management computer.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
  • And, perhaps testament to the brothers’ marketing, so many M-22 signs have been stolen from the road, the state highway department had to modify their design.
    — Mike Norton, Midwest Living, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of modify
Noun
  • To do this, workers make surgical modifications and upgrades to key plant equipment, including turbines, pumps, motors and cooling systems.
    — Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Fewer design changes The first of Gaucher’s four-pillar strategy involves locking in submarine designs to prevent modifications from slowing construction.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of modification

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“Make over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/make%20over. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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