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Definition: TO MAKE OF |
TO MAKE OF1. (a) To understand or think concerning; as, not to know what to make of the news. (b) To pay attention to; to cherish; to esteem; to account. ``Makes she no more of me than of a slave.'' --Dryden. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ignorance | See through a glass darkly; have a film over the eyes, have a glimmering; Noun: wonder whether; not know what to make of; (unintelligibility); not pretend to take upon, not take upon one self to say. |
Uncertainty | Not know what to make of; (unintelligibility), not know which way to turn, not know whether one stands on one s head or one's heels; float in a sea of doubt,hesitate, flounder; lose oneself, lose one's head; muddle one's brains. |
Unintelligibility | Not understand; lose, lose the clue; miss; not know what to make of, be able to make nothing of, give it up; not be able to account for, not be able to make either head or tail of; be at sea; (uncertain); wonder; see through a glass darkly; (ignorance). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: TO MAKE OF |
| English words defined with "TO MAKE OF": Equibalance ♦ Overproportion. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "TO MAKE OF": Albata, Angustate, Assuefaction ♦ Becripple, Bedaff ♦ Circumlocution ♦ Dehonestate, Delirifacient, Denize, Deplanate, Devilize, Diphtheria, Discommodate, Disparate, Disrealize ♦ Eburnification, Encowl, Engallant, Ethopoetic, Exinanite ♦ Facile, Febrifacient, Fermillet, fop, fortunate, Fortunize ♦ Galactopoietic ♦ Inaquate, Incavated, infuscate ♦ Ludification ♦ Mundificant, Munition ♦ Nasturtium, Nodated ♦ Prolific ♦ Quartation, Questman ♦ rhizome, rubefacient ♦ sorbefacient, Stabilitate, Strepent, strident, Stupefacient ♦ thermal, Tropologize, Tumefacient, Tumultuate ♦ Verdant, Virtuate. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I don't know what to make of you! (Oklahoma!; writing credit: Lynn Riggs; Oscar Hammerstein II) We weren't sure at first what to make of this, but we developed a theory: we feel that when people committed great crimes against the state, they were forced to watch this. (Sleeper; writing credit: Woody Allen ; Marshall Brickman) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Philosophers, poets, painters behold these ecstasies and know not what to make of them. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Translations for "TO MAKE OF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hungarian | vhogyan magyaráz, vhogyan gondol, vhogyan ért, magyaráz vhogyan, készít vmiből vmit, gondol vhogyan. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | otay akemay ofay | ||||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 7, Verse 31 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Eipen de o kurioV tini oun omoiwsw touV anqrwpouV thV geneaV tauthV kai tini eisin omoioi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Cui ergo similes dicam homines generationis huius et cui similes sunt |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Hwam telle ic gelice þisse cneorisse men: and ham synt hi gelice; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the Lord seide, Therfor to whom schal Y seie `men of this generacioun lijk, and to whom ben thei lijk? |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And ye lorde sayd: Wher vnto shall I lyke the men of this generacion and what thinge are they lyke? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the Lord said, To what then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | What comparison am I to make of the men of this generation? what are they like? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 7, Verse 31 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang Ginoo miingon, "Nan, sa unsa ko ba ikapanig-ingon ang mga tawo niining kaliwatana, ug nahisama ba sila sa unsa? |
| Chinese | 主 又 說 、 這 樣 、 我 可 " " 麼 " 這 世 代 的 人 呢 ． 他 們 好 像 " 麼 呢 。 |
| Croatian | "S kime dakle da prispodobim ljude ovog naraštaja? Komu su nalik? |
| Danish | Ved hvem skal jeg da ligne denne Slægts Mennesker? og hvem ligne de? |
| Dutch | En de Heere zeide: Bij wien zal Ik dan de mensen van dit geslacht vergelijken, en wien zijn zij gelijk? |
| Finnish | Mihin minä siis vertaan tämän sukupolven ihmiset, ja kenen kaltaisia he ovat? |
| French | A qui donc comparerai-je les hommes de cette génération, et qui ressemblent-ils? |
| German | Aber der HERR sprach: Wem soll ich die Menschen dieses Geschlechts vergleichen, und wem sind sie gleich? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu Yesus berbicara lagi, kata-Nya, "Dengan apa harus Aku bandingkan orang-orang zaman ini? Seperti apakah mereka? |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | "Dengan apakah gerangan hendak Aku umpamakan orang zaman ini, dan apakah hal yang seumpama mereka itu? |
| Manx Gaelic | As dooyrt y Chiarn, Cre gys nee'm deiney yn cheeloghe shoh y hoylaghey? as cre rish t'ad goll? |
| Maori | Me whakarite e ahau nga tangata o tenei whakapaparanga ki te aha? he rite ratou ki te aha? |
| Norwegian | Hvem skal jeg da ligne denne slekts mennesker med, og hvem er de like? |
| Portuguese | A que, pois, compararei os homens desta geração, e a que são semelhantes? |
| Rumanian | Cu cine voi asemqna dar pe oamenii din neamul acesta? Wi cu cine seamqnq ei? |
| Russian | фПЗ"Б зПУ П"Ш УЛБЪБМ: У ЛЕН УТБЧОА МА"ЕК ТП"Б УЕЗП? Й ЛПНХ ПОЙ П"П'ОЩ? |
| Shuar | Nuinkia Uunt Jesus Tímiayi "Yamaiya aentstiram, warijiain métek árum nuna paant Títiatjarme. |
| Swahili | Yesu akaendelea kusema, "Basi, nitawafananisha watu wa kizazi hiki na kitu gani? Ni watu wa namna gani? |
| Swedish | Vad skall jag då likna detta släktes människor vid? Ja, vad äro de lika? |
| Uma | Na'uli' wo'o Yesus: "Uma mowo tauna to tuwu' tempo toi! Toi-mi lolita rapa' -ku to kurapai' -raka: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-k-m-o-o-t" | |
-3 letters: afoot. | |
-4 letters: amok, atom, fake, fame, fate, feat, feta, foam, foot, kame, keto, koto, make, mako, mate, meat, meta, moat, moke, moot, mote, take, tame, teak, team, toea, toke, tome, took, toom. | |
-5 letters: aft, ate, eat, eft, emf, eta, fat, fem, fet, foe, kae, kaf, kat, kea, kef, koa, mae, mat, met, moa. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F 4D 41 4B 45 4F 46 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01001101 01000001 01001011 01000101 00100000 01001111 01000110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   M A K E   O F |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F 004D 0041 004B 0045 004F 0046 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)544924735453924940 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Bible Trace 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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