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Definition: Make |
MakeNoun1. A recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?". 2. The act of mixing cards haphazardly. Verb1. Engage in: "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution". 2. Give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a famous physicist"; "Make yourself clear". 3. Make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor". 4. Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner: "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa". 5. Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident". 6. Create or manufacture a man-made product: "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries". 7. Make, formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?". 8. Compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; Heat makes you sweat". 9. Create by artistic means; "create a poem; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses". 10. : earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?" "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month". 11. : create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest". 12. : to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction". 13. : reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!" "She may not make the grade". 14. : be or be capable of being changed or made into; "He makes a great host"; "He will make a fine father". 15. : make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones". 16. : perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call". 17. : make by combining materials and parts: "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer". 18. : change from one form into another; "make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks". 19. : act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies". 20. : charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club". 21. : achieve a point or goal, as in a sport; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day". 22. : reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made the plane"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts". 23. : institute, enact, or establish; "make laws". 24. : carry out or commit; "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas". 25. : add up to; "four and four make eight". 26. : form by assembling individuals or constituents; "Make a quorum"; "The branches made a roof". 27. : organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception," "have, throw, or make a party", "give a course", etc. 28. : prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?" "fix breakfast for the guests, please". 29. : put in order or neaten: "make the bed"; "make up a room". 30. : head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains". 31. : have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds". 32. : undergo fabrication or creation; "This wool makes into a nice sweater". 33. : be suitable for; "Wood makes good furniture". 34. : amount to; "This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living". 35. : constitute the essence of; "Clothes make the man". 36. : appear to begin an activity; "He made to speak but said nothing i the end"; "She made a if to say hello to us". 37. : proceed along a path; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest". 38. : reach in time; "We barely made the plane". 39. : gather and light the materials for: "make a fire". 40. : induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?" "Harry made Sally". 41. : assure the success of; "A good review by this critic will make your play!". 42. : pretend to be; imitate; "She makes like an actress". 43. : consider as being; "It wasn't the problem some people made it". 44. : calculate as being; "I make the height about 100 feet". 45. : cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; "make my day". 46. : favor the development of; "Practice makes the winner". 47. : develop into: "He will make a splendid father!". 48. : behave in a certain way; "make merry". 49. : eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "make" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Make |
Literature | Make What make you here? What do you want? What are you come here for? A French phrase: "Que faites-vous ici?" "Now, sir, what make you here?"- Shakespeare: As You Like It, i. 1. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A wide portion of a lode. CF:pinch. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | MAKE. A halfpenny. CANT. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Make, Manufacture. These words may, in some cases, be used interchangeably, but make has much the wider range of meanings. The following story, related by Eli Perkins, will illustrate this fact: I was talking one day with Mr. Depew, President of the New York Central Railroad, about demand and supply. I said the price of any commodity is always controlled by the demand and supply. "Not always, Eli," said Depew; "demand and supply don't always govern prices. Business tact sometimes governs them." "When," I asked, "did an instance ever occur when the price did not depend on demand and supply?" "Well," said Mr. Depew, "the other day I stepped up to a German butcher, and, out of curiosity, asked: "'What's the price of sausages?' "'Dwenty cends a bound,' he said. "'You asked twenty-five this morning,' I replied. "'Yah; dot vas ven I had some. Now I ain't got none, I sell him for dwenty cents. Dot makes a repudation for selling cheab, und I don't lose noddings.' "You see," said Mr. Depew, laughing, "I didn't want any sausage and the man didn't have any; no demand and no supply, and still the price of sausage went down five cents." "Well, there are strange things in this world," I said. "Now, take the words manufacture and make. I always thought that both words meant the same thing." "Why, they do, Eli," said Mr. Depew. "Not always," I said. "Now, when could they have a different meaning?" "Why, this morning I came down from Albany on a Central car manufactured to carry fifty passengers, but it was made to carry seventy-two people." "Yes, I dare say; but we'll now talk about the Behring Sea question." Source: Slips of Speech. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Definition and Modern Usage
make is a computer program to help to compile needed files automatically by parsing a make file and dealing with a program's dependencies. Other installation and configuration methods are used for programs without dependencies.
Although this is its most typical use, Make is also used in other programs as a way of defining what to do when something has changed, and thus triggering appropriate responses within the program.
Other versions of Make
cmake is a portable makefile utility. It requires the Cmake lists file to be present and does not seem at present to support the diving makefile concept. You must specify the path "." even if it is the current directory.
ex: cmake [space] . to specify the current directory.
Makefile utilities are frequently used to handle the compilation and/or installation of large pieces of software. Make reads the makefile at current working directory by default, which is a common practice among computer programmers.
It can be used to compile only certain subsets of an item or suite of software, and can account for dependencies between various parts of the software. Its input is a list of specifications (usually known as a makefile) describing dependency relationships between the generation of files and programs. Make has its roots in Unix. Since it is old, many derived tools have appeared that work better. Among these are BSD make, GNU make and A-A-P.
makefile is a text file on the computer that states how to build executable computer programs or many other files according to given dependency. Make program runs it.
The file commonly is maintained in the base directory of a project during the development process. This file lists all of the files in the project and describes the action that needed to be taken on that file to create it or bring it up to date. The Makefile is used by the command 'make'. The 'make' program has some intelligence built in and will not attempt to re-make files that are not out of date. For example it will typically not recompile source that has not changed since its last compile (determined by comparison of dates of files).
A Makefile consists of commands like this:
foo.o: foo.c foo.h bar.hgcc -o foo.o foo.clogobig.ppm: logo.pov
$(POVRAY) logo.pov -k0 -o logobig.ppmThe first command means that if foo.c, foo.h, or bar.h is newer than foo.o, then foo.o should be remade by running gcc. foo.o is said to depend on foo.c, foo.h, and bar.h. The second says that logobig.ppm depends on logo.pov and can be made by running POV-Ray.
Most Makefiles are used to compile programs, but they can be used in any situation where files are made from one another by programs that can be called from the command line.
A sample makefile
# Specify compiler CC = g++# Specify compiler options CFLAGS = -g LDFLAGS = -L/usr/openwin/lib LDLIBS = -lX11 -lXext
# Needed to recognize .cpp as a file suffix .SUFFIXES: $(SUFFIXES) .cpp
# Executable name PROG = life
# List of object file needed for the final program OBJS = main.o window.o Board.o Life.o BoundedBoard.o all: $(PROG)
# Program compilation and linking steps $(PROG): $(OBJS) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS) -o $(PROG) $(OBJS)
.cpp.o: $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $*.cpp
Obtaining Make
GNU/Linux users should utilize the directory at http://www.gnu.org/directory/. Cygwin users should consult their administrator for more information. Individual users without an administrator should consult the Cygwin package search on the cygwin website at www.cygwin.com.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Make."
Synonyms: MakeSynonyms: brand (n), shuffle (n), shuffling (n), arrive at (v), attain (v), bring in (v), build (v), ca-ca (v), cause (v), clear (v), constitute (v), construct (v), cook (v), crap (v), create (v), defecate (v), do (v), draw (v), earn (v), establish (v), fix (v), form (v), gain (v), get (v), get to (v), give (v), have (v), hit (v), hold (v), induce (v), lay down (v), make up (v), make water (v), micturate (v), name (v), nominate (v), pass water (v), pee (v), pee-pee (v), piddle (v), piss (v), prepare (v), produce (v), progress to (v), puddle (v), pull in (v), reach (v), ready (v), realise (v), realize (v), relieve oneself (v), score (v), seduce (v), shit (v), spend a penny (v), stimulate (v), take (v), take a crap (v), take a leak (v), take a shit (v), take in (v), throw (v), urinate (v), wee (v), wee-wee (v), work (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: break (v), unmake (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arrival | Verb: arrive; get to, come to; come; reach, attain; come up with, come up to; overtake, make, fetch; complete; join, rejoin. |
Completion | Do, execute, make; go through, get through; work out, enact; bring about, bring to bear, bring to pass, bring through, bring to a head. |
Component | Form, make,form, make, constitute, compose. |
Composition | Compose, form, make; make up, fill up, build up; enter into the composition of; (be a component). |
Compulsion | Verb: compel, force, make, drive, coerce, constrain, enforce, necessitate, oblige. |
Continuance in action | Convert into, resolve into; make, render; mold, form; remodel, new model, refound, reform, reorganize; assimilate to, bring to, reduce to. |
Form | Form, figure, shape; conformation, configuration; make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's jib; stamp, type, cast, mold; fashion; contour; (outline); structure; plasmature. |
Production | Verb: produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture; weave, forge, coin, carve, chisel; build, raise, edify, rear, erect, put together, set up, run up; establish, compose, organize, institute; achieve, accomplish; (complete). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | I eat breakfast 300 yards from 4000 Cubans who are trained to kill me, so don't think you can come down here, flash a badge, and make me nervous (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) Don't you mess with me, mister, or I'll divorce you so fast it'll make your head spin (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) Better make it two. (Fletch; writing credit: Andrew Bergman) But if you already know, how can I make a choice (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) Then what a pair we could make, but what if it's a lesson I don't care to learn (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) | |
Lyrics | Breakin' my back just to make a buck (If I Could Make A Living; performing artist: Clay Walker) Make it last (Make It Last Forever; performing artist: Keith Sweat) You make me feel like dancing I wanna dance the night away (You Make Me Feel Like Dancing; performing artist: LEO SAYER) How do I make you wanna see me (How Do I Make You; performing artist: Linda Ronstadt; writing credit: Billy Steinberg) Then she says she wants to make up. (Things We Do For Love; performing artist: 10 CC) | |
Clever | Sacred cows make the best hamburger. (references; author: Mark Twain) In California, they don't throw their garbage away - they make it into TV shows. (references; author: Woody Allen) No possible rearrangement of bad eggs can ever make a good omelette. (references; author: Chinese Proverb) I make a rhyme every time. (references; author: unknown) Kids Make Nutritious Snacks (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Betty beat a bit of butter to make a better batter. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Only Make Believe (1973) White and Blue Make Mine Red (1972) Make a Face (1971) Drink and Make Merrie Eat (1969) How to Make a Doll (1968) | |
Song Titles | All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You (performing artist: Heart) Make It Funky (Part I) (performing artist: James Brown) Make You Sweat (performing artist: Keith Sweat) You Make My Pants Pound (performing artist: Lisa Koch) You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (performing artist: Leo Sayer) | |
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 | Pictured is a white nude mouse. The mouse is being held in the rubber-gloved hand of a technician. Nude mice, because of a genetic defect, have no thymus and cannot make certain cells essential for various immune responses. Because of this, they are extremely helpful to scientists working in Immunology Research. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | AZT in bottles is used intravenously in treating patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, AIDS. Azidothymidine is an antiviral drug which floods the cell with false DNA building blocks so that the virus cannot make copies of itself. When this happens, viral infection and replication is stopped. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |
 | Public Health nurse with Eskimo and dog team preparing to make a call on local residents. Credit: CDC. |  | In order to preserve various specimens for long periods of time, scientists often make use of the extremely cold temperatures offered by liquified nitrogen. Credit: CDC. |
 | T. Keith Glennan Shows LBJ Aluminized Mylar Flim Used to Make Echo I. Credit: NASA. |  | Teaming up space telescopes to make simultaneous ultraviolet and X-ray observations, ... Credit: NASA. |
 | An international team of astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to help make a precise ... Credit: NASA. |  | An overhead view like the one above, but different wavelengthsare assigned to the red, green and blue channels to make the hurricaneappear red. Credit: NASA. |
 | These cloud formations were seen over the western Aleutian Islands. Their color variations are probably due to differences in temperature and in the size of water droplets that make up the clouds. Credit: NASA. |  | Lt. B. H. Rigg preparing to make magnetic observations in Canadian Arctic Accompanied MacMillan Arctic Expedition. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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| "Make up" by Kahraman Insan Commentary: "Bulb picture of a make up sec. :)." | "Make a Wish" by Steve Matthews Commentary: "Write your wish on a note and hopefully it will come true." |
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| Play | Caption |
 | Purr; meow; content; rumble; appease; bewitch; captivate; charm; delight; enrapture; gladden; gratify; humor; indulge; make happy; mollify; placate; reconcile; satisfy; suffice; thrill; tickle; please; feline. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Charles Dickens | He would make a lovely corpse. |
Frederick Douglass | One and God make a majority. |
Horace | Make a good use of the present. |
John Heywood | Many hands make light work. |
Lao Tse | One actor cannot make a play. |
Napoleon Bonaparte | I make my generals out of mud. |
Oliver Cromwell | Make the iron hot by striking it. |
Oscar Wilde | Bad manners make a journalist. |
Robert Frost | Good fences make good neighbors. |
William Shakespeare | Small things make base men proud. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | No village or individual shall be compelled to make bridges at river banks, except those who from of old were legally bound to do so. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | If this made the father free, it shall make the son free too. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make. (reference) |
US Bill of Rights | 1795 | Amendment I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-2008 | No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | That they should have appellate jurisdiction in all other cases, with such exceptions as congress might make, is no restriction; unless the words be deemed exclusive of original jurisdiction. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The growing competition among the bourgeois, and the resulting commercial crises, make the wages of the workers ever more fluctuating. (reference) |
The Emancipation Proclamation | 1862 | And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. (Abraham Lincoln) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Germany shall make it her business to indemnify the proprietors whose property will be burdened with such servitudes or permanently occupied by the works. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | I have, however, a definite and practical proposal to make for action. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | If he were deficient there, nothing should make amends for it. |
A Grief Observed | C.S. Lewis | I thought I could describe a state; make a map of sorrow |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | His father courteously tried to make amends for his nonchalance |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Admit it for your factious purposes, and make it worse |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | There is a sympathy that will make me conscious of him. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | One day, however, his strange manner appeared to make an impression upon Monsieur Madeleine |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | But the kettle would be on the hob to make punch |
Something Wicked This Way Comes | Ray Bradbury | That's friendship, each playing the potter to see what shapes we can make of the other |
Time Enough for Love | Robert Heinlein | This upsets him long enough to let you make your second shot perfect |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | and make a sop of him. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Eat foods that make stool bulkier. (references) | |
Make this part of your daily routine. (references) | ||
Some cause the eye to make less fluid. (references) | ||
Business | Components make their way around China slowly. (references) | |
The reduction will make exports more competitive. (references) | ||
Foreign firms can make good contacts at these shows. (references) | ||
Children | Congo | These conditions sometimes make it impossible for parents to meet their children's basic human needs. (references) |
Equatorial Guinea | Pregnancy and the requirement to assist in agricultural work make this level of education less likely for girls. (references) | |
China | In an effort to address this problem, in 1998 the NPC revised the adoption law to make it easier for couples to adopt. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Iraq | Citizens may not make more than two trips abroad annually. (references) |
India | Refugees are not required to make claims in other countries. (references) | |
China | Buddhists make up the largest body of organized religious believers. (references) | |
Discrimination | Bhutan | Bhutanese human rights groups active outside the country claim that ethnic Nepalese actually make up approximately 35 percent of the country's population and that the Government underreports their number. (references) |
Economic History | Singapore | Foreign workers help make up this shortfall. (references) |
Lebanon | Shi'a Muslims make up the single largest sect. (references) | |
Human Rights | Malaysia | The ICRC has not been requested to make such visits. (references) |
Philippines | Squatters make up at least 30 percent of the country's urban population. (references) | |
Zimbabwe | All levels of the judiciary often make rulings disliked by the Government. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Canada | Aboriginals make up approximately 2.8 percent of the population. (references) |
Russia | In some areas, local communities have organized to study and make recommendations regarding the preservation of the culture of indigenous people. (references) | |
Malaysia | The Social Development Ministry announced in 1996 that state governments, which make decisions affecting land rights, had agreed to issue titles to Orang Asli. (references) | |
Minorities | Tajikistan | Ethnic Uzbeks make up approximately a quarter of the population. (references) |
New Zealand | Asians, who make up less than 5 percent of the population, also experience discrimination. (references) | |
Iraq | Although few Jews remain in the country, government officials frequently make anti-Semitic statements. (references) | |
Political Economy | Bulgaria | The UDF and the BSP make up the opposition. (references) |
BOLIVIA | Banks offer dollar accounts and make loans in dollars. (references) | |
JORDAN | Seventeen unions make up the General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions (GFJTU). (references) | |
Political Rights | Ghana | The EC refused on the grounds that this would make competition for parliamentary seats unfair. (references) |
Peru | Blank and null votes did not make up a significant percentage of the votes in the second round. (references) | |
United Arab Emirates | The FNC has no legislative authority but it may question ministers and make policy recommendations to the Cabinet. (references) | |
Trade | Bangladesh | Collectively, these banks make up the "scheduled" banking system. (references) |
Argentina | U.S. bar codes can remain on the package, and most retailers make use of them. (references) | |
Dominican Rep | Clearances can be made in hours if importers make use of express clearance procedures. (references) | |
Travel | Saudi Arabia | Saudi officials make no exceptions. (references) |
Austria | Make things easy for your customer. (references) | |
Botswana | Request the hotel van service when you make your room reservation. (references) | |
Women | Senegal | Moreover traditional practices make it difficult for women to obtain bank credit. (references) |
Portugal | In 2000 Parliament changed the legal definition of domestic violence to make it a public crime. (references) | |
Burundi | Domestic violence against women is pervasive; however, inadequate data make it impossible to quantify. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Oman | As required by law, they make regular onsite inspections. (references) |
Laos | Subsistence farmers make up an estimated 85 percent of the work force. (references) | |
Central African Republic | The Government agreed to make regular salary payments during the year. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SCARABEE, n. The same as scarabaeus. He fell by his own hand Beneath the great oak tree. He'd traveled in a foreign land. He tried to make her understand The dance that's called the Saraband, But he called it Scarabee. He had called it so through an afternoon, And she, the light of his harem if so might be, Had smiled and said naught. O the body was fair to see, All frosted there in the shine o' the moon -- Dead for a Scarabee And a recollection that came too late. O Fate! They buried him where he lay, He sleeps awaiting the Day, In state, And two Possible Puns, moon-eyed and wan, Gloom over the grave and then move on. Dead for a Scarabee! Fernando Tapple |
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Art Linkletter | Makes me wonder. When I see the figures on the amount of money that pornography films make a year, more than the motion picture business. |
Dennis Miller | Or better yet, make the kids find work so both parents can stay home. |
Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry | Well Heather is the one that started it, and we started adding our scarves as well, to make a fire, so the helicopter could see us better. |
Joan Rivers | Two men I have love working with were Don Rickles and David Brenner. They make you laugh and they are gentlemen. |
Rosie O'Donnell | Sunday, the Tony awards, first on PBS, then on CBS. This will be the stage I make my big singing opening number. |
Rush Limbaugh | If you happen to make money as a business, that's okay, but that should not be your prime motivation. |
Sylvia Browne | Oh, and you're screaming in your heads. And you're like this. Oh, it's horrible. You say to God, please let me make a fast exit and entrance. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Our duty is, therefore, to act upon things as they are and to make a reasonable provision for whatever they may be. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | Its purpose will be to make such recommendations for reorganization of the administration of Federal laws and court procedure as may be found desirable. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | During the war, the Smaller War Plants Corporation assisted small concerns to make a maximum contribution to victory. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | American makers of plowshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Wishing it, predicting it, even asking for it, will not make it so. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Forces now are converging that make possible, for the first time, the hope that many of man's deepest aspirations can at last be realized. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Closing our eyes will not make reality disappear. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Let me make clear what I mean by the region's stability and security. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Not because we will make you, but because you should. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Make" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 75.47% of the time. "Make" is used about 78,970 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 75.47% | 59,601 | 144 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 24.2% | 19,108 | 474 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.33% | 260 | 18,316 |
| Total | 100.00% | 78,970 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "make". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Mason | Male | English | To make |
| Mayson | Male | English | To make |
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Expressions using "make": at make ♦ authorization to make payment ♦ boric acid make up tank ♦ but ... to make up ♦ can i make an appointment? ♦ contract to make up work ♦ die and make no sign ♦ don't make me laugh! ♦ don't make such a big deal out of it ♦ don't make waves ♦ empty vessels make most noise ♦ enough to make a parson swear ♦ fine feathers make fine birds ♦ go to make up ♦ i make a bet ♦ i will make it do ♦ i would like to make a toast ♦ I'll make him an offer he can't refuse ♦ i'll make mincemeat of him! ♦ it's enough to make a cat lough ♦ kiss and make up ♦ make a bad bargain ♦ make a bad bargain of ♦ make a bargain ♦ make a bargain with ♦ make a bargain with smb. ♦ make a bed ♦ make a bed for ♦ make a beeline for ♦ make a beeline for smb. ♦ make a beeline for smth. ♦ make a beginning ♦ make a bet ♦ make a bid ♦ make a bid for ♦ make a bid for power ♦ make a big haul ♦ make a blunder ♦ make a bolt for it ♦ make a boner ♦ make a bonfire of ♦ make a booking ♦ make a botch of smth. ♦ make a bow ♦ make a breach in ♦ make a break for it ♦ make a camp ♦ make a careful choice ♦ make a census ♦ make a change ♦ make a check payeble to ♦ make a choice ♦ make a circle ♦ make a claim to ♦ make a clean breast ♦ make a clean breast of ♦ make a clean breast of it ♦ make a clean copy ♦ make a clean sweep of ♦ make a clean sweep of smth. ♦ make a collection of ♦ make a commitment ♦ make a complaint ♦ make a complaint about ♦ make a complaint against smb. ♦ make a compromise ♦ make a confession ♦ make a conquest of ♦ make a conquest of smb. ♦ make a contract ♦ make a contribution ♦ make a convenience of smb. ♦ make a correct valuation of smth. ♦ make a counteroffer ♦ make a cracking noise ♦ make a crackling noise ♦ make a curtsey ♦ make a curtsy ♦ make a curve in the side of ♦ make a dash ♦ make a dash against the enemy ♦ make a dash at smth. ♦ make a dead set at ♦ make a dead set on smb. ♦ make a deal ♦ make a deal with ♦ make a deal with smb. ♦ make a decision ♦ make a deduction ♦ make a defence ♦ make a demonstration ♦ make a dent in ♦ make a dent in smb.'s savings ♦ make a detour ♦ make a difference ♦ make a din ♦ make a discount ♦ make a display ♦ make a display of one's knowledge ♦ make a distinction ♦ make a dive for. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "make": make-a-date, make-and-break, make-and-mend, make-belief, make-believe, make-believing, make-break, make-do, make-do-and-mend, make-'ere, make-from, Make-game, make-haste-slowly, make-it, make-it-big-quick, make-itself, make-it-up-as-you-go-along, make-or-break, make-over, make-overs, make-peace, make-ready time, make-shift, make-the-best-of-it, make-time, make-up, make-up area, make-up artist, make-up bag, make-up girl, make-up kit, make-up mirror, make-up remover, make-up room, make-up-free, make-up-less, make-ups, make-up-stained, make-up-the-numbers, make-weight, make-weights, make-work, make-your-mind-up, make-your-own-cards, make-your-own-revolution. | |
Ending with "make": easy-to-make, quick-to-make, re-make. | |
Containing "make": bump'n'grind-your-bones-to-make-my-bread, eye-make-up, i-can-do-anything-i-want-any-time-i-want-and-make-you-like-it, kiss-and-make-up, mend-and-make-do, must-make-money, they-don't-make-'em-like-that-any-more, under-make-up, wash-'n'-make-up. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
make money | 6,652 | make a wish foundation | 663 |
make up | 6,215 | make your own web page | 527 |
make up and tip | 1,623 | make money on the internet | 511 |
mac make up | 1,419 | make a doll | 509 |
make money online | 1,357 | make a card | 486 |
make | 1,300 | make buddy icon | 444 |
make a web site | 1,247 | make money fast | 406 |
make your own web site | 1,180 | air launcher make | 387 |
halloween make up | 1,168 | free make up | 377 |
make money at home | 1,021 | make money from home | 371 |
make a web page | 869 | make a free web page | 368 |
make a free web site | 861 | make up school | 354 |
make a resume | 854 | make a calendar | 341 |
make your own web site for free | 818 |