Make For

Definition: Make For

Make For

Verb

1. Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle" "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Make For

Direction

Steer for, steer towards, make for, make towards; aim at, level at; take aim; keep a course, hold a course; be bound for; bend one's steps towards; direct one's course, steer one's course, bend one's course, shape one's course; align one's march, allign one's march; to straight, go straight to the point; march on, march on a point.

Crosswords: Make For

It should make for a pretty interesting defense. (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

It does, however, make for a very strong case. (Velvet Goldmine; writing credit: James Lyons; Todd Haynes)

To hear that your heart's on the make for me (It's Bad For Me; performing artist: The Roches)

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Books

• Adorable Crochet for Babies and Toddlers: Over 20 Projects to Make for Babies from Birth to 2 Years (reference)

• Beanbag Bonanza: Accessories, Crafts, and Games You Can Make for Your Beanbag Friends! (reference)

• The Ultimate Birdhouse Book: 40 Functional, Fantastic & Fanciful Houses to Make for Our Feathered Friends (reference)

• The Art of Creative Lettering: 50 Amazing Fonts You Can Make for Scrapbooks, Cards, Invitations, and Signs (reference)

• Colonial Williamsburg Decorates for Christmas: Step-By-Step Illustrated Instructions for Christmas Decorations That You Can Make for Your Home (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Rock, spray, and wind make for a tricky entrance to Depoe Bay. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A wetland area and conservation buffer make for excellent wildlife and wildlife photography along Bear Creek in central Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Dickie Dare. "The sheriff's men will be at our heels, Dickie, we must make for the forest to outwit the rogues!". Credit: Library of Congress.

Let us put our minds together and see what life we will make for our children. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Whereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom." (Abraham Lincoln)

I have, however, a definite and practical proposal to make for action. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

In Sweatt v. Painter, supra, in finding that a segregated law school for Negroes could not provide them equal educational opportunities, this Court relied in large part on "those qualities which are incapable of objective measurement but which make for greatness in a law school." (reference)

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Business

The more "different" the product, the more effort manufactures should expect to make for a successful launch into the Canadian market. (references)

It is also unadvisable for U.S. manufacturers to change their local partner too frequently or whenever sales drop, and without having invested sufficient effort into providing technical assistance to the local partner, as this will make for a poor image and reputation for the U.S. firm themselves. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "make for": make for the door. Additional references.

Albanian

sulem (career, dash, go for, hotfoot, rush, swing, tear along, throw oneself, Wade), ndihmoj (administer, advance, aid, assist, avail, back, befriend, bestead, chip in, contribute, facilitate, further, give a hand, help, help out, lend a hand, meet halfway, pander, promote, relieve, subserve, succor, succour, support, take effect, tide over), drejtohem nga. (various references)

Bulgarian 

нахвърлям се върху (mob, oppugn, pelt, round on, sail into, set at, sweep, tuck into, turn on, turn upon), запътвам се за, допринасям за. (various references)

Czech

zamířit kam, smìřovat (aim, lead up, lead up to, look, point, tend), přispívat k, jít k. (various references)

Danish

sejle mod bredden (to make for the bank, to proceed towards the bank). (various references)

Dutch

afstevenen op (break down upon), aansturen op (head for). (various references)

Esperanto

direkti sin al (break down upon), direkti al (head for). (various references)

Finnish

suunnata (aim, direct, direct one's steps to, divert, guide, head for, level, manage, point, steer, steer to, turn). (various references)

French

s'adresser � (make a speech). (various references)

German

zuströmen, zuhalten auf (head for), losgehen (charge, come off, go at, go off, go up, lay into, set off, start, start in, start off, to go off), losfahren auf, losfahren (accelerate away, draw off, leave, move away, move off), führen zu (induce, invite, lead, lead out, lead up, set off), den grund legen für, ansteuern (head for, head on, steer for, steer onwards). (various references)

Greek 

κατευθύνομαι προσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

ללכת לקראת. (various references)

Hungarian

tart valahová, tart (bore, borne, continue, endure, head for, hold, keep, keep on, last, sustain, tend, to bear, to check, to cultivate, to hold out, to keep back, to keep off, to make for, to regard, to support, to sustain, trend, uphold), igyekszik (be at pains, exert, striven, strove, to aim, to exert, to hurry, to mosey, to strive, to struggle), hozzájárul valamihez (assent to). (various references)

Italian

dirigere (administer, aim, boss, conduct, control, direct, edit, govern, guide, head, head for, lead, manage, overrule, pilot, play, route, run, steer, supervise, turn). (various references)

Manx

goll lesh (bound, go with). (various references)

Pig Latin

akemay orfay

Portuguese

encaminhar‐separa (break down upon), dirigir-se a (address oneself to, appeal, repair), dirigir‐sea (break down upon). (various references)

Romanian

se repezi (burst into, dart, fling, flounce, fly at, hurl oneself, make a dash at smth., plough into, rush, start, swoop upon), se îndrepta (bear, bear in with, draw, head, line out, make, mend one's ways, stand, straighten, take to, trend towards, unbend). (various references)

Russian 

способствовать (abet, conduce, contribute, encourage, redound), направляться (go for, head, repair, sashay, strike out, wend one's way, zeroing). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

dosegnuti. (various references)

Spanish

dirigirse hacia (bear, head for). (various references)

Swedish

rusa mot (rush at), hålla på styrra mot. (various references)

Ukrainian

сприяти (abet, advantage, assist, befriend, bolster, conduce, cooperate, facilitate, farther, favour, further, help, help along, help forward, promote, redound, subserve, support), прямувати до. (various references)

Welsh

unioni (adjust, rectify, straighten). (various references)

decurrant, decurrens, decurrent, decurrentes, decurrentis, decurrere, decurrit, decurrunt, expeto, petam, petatis, pete, petebant, petens, petent, petentes, petenti, petentibus, petere, peteremus, peterent, peteret, petet, petetis, petierat, petieratis, petierimus, petierint, petieris, petierit, petieritis, petierunt, petii, petiit, petimus, petimusque, petisses, petisti, petistis, petit, petite, petitis, petitoque, petivi, petivit, petivitque, peto, petunt, secunda, secundae, secundam, secundarum, secundas, secundi, secundo, secundoprimo, secundos, secundum, secundus, secuta, secutae, secuti, secutique, secutum, secutus, secutusque, sequamini, sequamur, sequantur, sequar, sequaris, sequatur, sequebamur, sequebantur, sequebar, sequebatur, sequebaturque, sequemurque, sequens, sequentem, sequentes, sequenti, sequentibus, sequentis, sequentium, sequentur, sequere, sequerentur, sequerer, sequereris, sequeretur, sequeris, sequetur, sequeturque, sequi, sequimini, sequitur, sequor, sequuntur. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: femora, foamer.

-2 letters: afore, faker, foram, forme, frame, freak, maker, morae.

-3 letters: aero, amok, fake, fame, fare, farm, faro, fear, foam, fora, fore, fork, form, frae, froe, from, kame, kerf, kore, make, mako, mare, mark, merk, moke, mora, more, okra, omer, rake, ream, roam.

-4 letters: are, arf, ark, arm, ear, emf, era, far, fem.

+2 letters: framework.

+3 letters: farmworker, frameworks.

+4 letters: coffeemaker, farmworkers.

+5 letters: coffeemakers.