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make with

make with
M m

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [meyk with, with]
    • /meɪk wɪθ, wɪð/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [meyk with, with]
    • /meɪk wɪθ, wɪð/

Definitions of make with words

  • verb with object make with to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art. 1
  • verb with object make with to produce; cause to exist or happen; bring about: to make trouble; to make war. 1
  • verb with object make with to cause to be or become; render: to make someone happy. 1
  • verb with object make with to appoint or name: The president made her his special envoy. 1
  • verb with object make with to put in the proper condition or state, as for use; fix; prepare: to make a bed; to make dinner. 1
  • verb with object make with to bring into a certain form: to make bricks out of clay. 1

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Origin of make with

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English maken, Old English macian; cognate with Low German, Dutch maken, German machen

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Make with

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

make with popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

make with usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for make with

verb make with

  • snatch — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
  • kidnap — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
  • seize — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
  • grab — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
  • shanghai — to enroll or obtain (a sailor) for the crew of a ship by unscrupulous means, as by force or the use of liquor or drugs.

Antonyms for make with

verb make with

  • release — to lease again.
  • give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • defy — If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way.

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