to form or produce (something) or put it together from ingredients or components
(+ into) to change or transform (something) into something else
to bring (something) about by effort
The two sides made peace
to cause (somebody or something) to be or become
The journey made us tired
to cause (something) to appear or seem to; to represent (something) in a certain way
In the film they make the battle take place in winter
to produce (something) as an end product
They made a mess of the job
to perform or carry out (an activity)
Let's make an early start
to draft or produce a version of (a document, etc)
to enact or establish (e.g. a law)
to formulate (e.g. a plan) in the mind
to put forward (an offer, promise, etc) for acceptance
to cause (somebody or something) to act in a specified way
Rain makes the flowers grow
to compel (somebody) to do something
She was made to return
to appoint (somebody) to a position or office
They made him bishop
chiefly NAmer, informal to achieve (a rank or position)
They said she could make team captain
to be capable of becoming or of serving as (something)
Rags make the best paper
He will make a good husband
to combine to form (something); to constitute (something)
We need 14 people to make a quorum
Hydrogen and oxygen make water
to amount to (a total)
Four and four make eight
to gain (e.g. money) by working, trading, dealing, etc
to score (e.g. points) in a game or sport
The visiting side made 120 runs
to compute or estimate (something) in terms of a stated time or an amount
I make that six biscuits you've had so far
What time do you make it?
to be integral or essential to the existence or success of (something)
That bright paint really makes the room
It made my day
to reach or attain (something)
The plane never made the airfield
The story even made the national papers
to be in time for (e.g. a train)
to assemble and set alight the materials for (a fire)
to renew or straighten the bedclothes on (a bed)
in bridge or another card game, to fulfil (a contract)
to win a trick with (a card)
to shuffle (a pack of cards) in preparation for dealing
informal to persuade (somebody) to consent to sexual intercourse
to set out or go in a specified direction
He made towards the door
They were making for the coast
to behave as if beginning a specified action
He made as if to hand it over
to act or behave in a specified way
to make merry
said of the tide: to start to ebb or flow
to take or steal (something)
to pretend or feign
to manage with the limited means at hand
informal to be successful
informal to have sexual intercourse
NAmer, informal to imitate or pretend to be (something)
to attribute a specified degree of significance to (something)
She tends to make too much of her problems
to understand (something)
I could make nothing of the play
to give room
NAmer, informal to produce or do (something)
She's always making with the funny remarks