NOUN | cognition | make, brand | a recognizable kind |
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act | make, shuffle, shuffling | the act of mixing cards haphazardly | |
VERB | social | make, do | engage in |
change | make, get | give certain properties to something | |
creation | make, create | make or cause to be or to become | |
communication | make, induce, stimulate, cause, have, get | cause to do | |
creation | make, cause, do | give rise to | |
creation | make, produce, create | create or manufacture a man-made product | |
cognition | make, draw | make, formulate, or derive in the mind | |
creation | make | compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way | |
creation | make, create | create by artistic means | |
possession | make, gain, take in, clear, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in | earn on some commercial or business transaction | |
creation | make, do | create or design, often in a certain way | |
stative | make, form, constitute | to compose or represent | |
motion | make, reach, get to, progress to | reach a goal / goal, e.g., "make the first team" | |
stative | make | be or be capable / capable of being changed or made into | |
creation | make | make by shaping or bringing together constituents | |
creation | make | perform or carry out | |
creation | make, construct, build | make by combining materials and parts | |
change | make | change from one form into another | |
body | make | act in a certain way so as to acquire | |
social | make, name, nominate | charge with a function | |
possession | make, have, get | achieve a point or goal | |
motion | make, reach, attain, hit, arrive at, gain | reach a destination / destination, either real or abstract | |
cognition | make, lay down, establish | institute, enact, or establish | |
social | make | carry out or commit | |
social | make | form by assembling individuals or constituents | |
creation | make, hold, throw, have, give | organize or be responsible for | |
change | make, make up | put in order or neaten | |
motion | make, take | head into a specified direction | |
body | make, stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap | have a bowel movement | |
stative | make | undergo fabrication or creation | |
stative | make | be suitable for | |
stative | make | add up to | |
stative | make | amount to | |
stative | make | constitute the essence of | |
perception | make | appear to begin an activity | |
motion | make, work | proceed along a path | |
motion | make | reach in time | |
creation | make | gather and light the materials for | |
creation | make, cook, fix, ready, prepare | prepare for eating by applying heat | |
contact | make, seduce, score | induce to have sex | |
communication | make | assure the success of | |
communication | make, pretend, make believe | represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like | |
cognition | make | consider as being | |
cognition | make | calculate as being | |
change | make | cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable | |
change | make | favor / favor the development of | |
change | make | develop into | |
body | make | behave in a certain way | |
body | make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water | eliminate urine |
Sounds | mey'k | |
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Rhymes | ache ... wake / Wake: 58 rhymes with eyk... |
Meaning | A recognizable kind. | |
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Example | "what make of car is that?" | |
Synonym | brand | |
Broader | kind, sort, form, variety | A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic / characteristic or quality |
Spanish | marca | |
Catalan | marca | |
Verbs | make | create or manufacture a man-made product |
make | make by combining materials and parts |
Meaning | The act of mixing cards haphazardly. | |
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Synonyms | shuffle, shuffling | |
Part of | card game, cards | A game / game played with playing cards |
Narrower | reshuffle, reshuffling | shuffling again |
riffle | shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners | |
Broader | reordering | A rearrangement in a different order |
Spanish | barajadura, barajar | |
Catalan | barreja |
Meaning | Engage in. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Examples |
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Synonym | do | |
Narrower | overdo, exaggerate | Do something to an excessive degree |
Similar to | make | Perform or carry out |
Spanish | hacer | |
Catalan | fer |
Meaning | Give certain properties to something. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE | |
Examples |
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Synonym | get | |
Narrower | get, let, have | Cause to move |
leave | Act or be so as to become in a specified state | |
render | Cause to become | |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Spanish | convertir, volver | |
Catalan | convertir, tornar |
Meaning | Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE | |
Model | They make him to write the letter | |
Synonyms | induce, stimulate, cause, have, get | |
Narrower | bring | induce or persuade |
compel, oblige, obligate | Force somebody to do something | |
decide | Cause to decide | |
encourage | spur on | |
lead | Cause to undertake a certain action / action | |
let | actively cause something to happen / happen / happen / happen | |
persuade | Cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action | |
prompt, inspire, instigate | Serve as the inciting cause of | |
solicit | incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination | |
suborn | induce to commit perjury or give false testimony | |
Spanish | causar, estimular, hacer, incentivar, inducir, ocasionar, producir, provocar | |
Catalan | causar, estimular, fer, incentivar, induir, ocasionar, provocar |
Meaning | give rise to; cause to happen / happen / happen or occur, not always intentionally. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "make a stir" | |
Synonyms | cause, do | |
Narrower | determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate | shape or influence |
effect, effectuate, set up | produce | |
engender, breed, spawn | Call forth | |
facilitate | increase the likelihood of (a response) | |
impel, force | urge or force (a person) to an action | |
initiate, pioneer | Take the lead or initiative in | |
make | compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way | |
motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite | Give an incentive for action / action | |
occasion | Give occasion to | |
provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up | Evoke or provoke to appear or occur | |
Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
Spanish | causar, hacer, ocasionar, producir, provocar | |
Catalan | fer, ocasionar, provocar |
Meaning | make, formulate, or derive in the mind. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Examples |
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Synonym | draw | |
Broader | create by mental act, create mentally | Create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands |
Similar to | make | calculate as being |
Spanish | derivar, establecer, formular, hacer |
Meaning | compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
Example | "Heat makes you sweat" | |
Narrower | drive | compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment |
Broader | cause, do, make | give rise to |
Spanish | hacer, inducir |
Meaning | create by artistic means. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | Sam and Sue make the movie | |
Synonym | create | |
Narrower | design | create the design for |
design | create designs | |
do, make | create or design, often in a certain way | |
Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
Similar to | produce, make, create | create or manufacture a man-made product |
Spanish | crear, formar, hacer, producir | |
Catalan | crear, fer, formar | |
Nouns | making | the act that results in something coming to be |
Meaning | earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | They make the money | |
Example | "How much do you make a month in your new job?" | |
Synonyms | gain, take in, clear, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in | |
Narrower | eke out, squeeze out | make by laborious and precarious means |
gross | earn before taxes, expenses, etc. | |
profit, turn a profit | make a profit | |
rake in, shovel in | earn large sums of money | |
rake off | Take money from an illegal transaction | |
take home, bring home | earn as a salary or wage | |
yield, pay, bear | bring in | |
Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
Similar to | make | act in a certain way so as to acquire |
net, sack, sack up, clear | make as a net profit | |
Spanish | adquirir, advertir, clarificar, cobrar, ganar, hacer | |
Catalan | advertir, clarificar, guanyar |
Meaning | create or design, often in a certain way. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Model | Did he make his major works over a short period of time? | |
Synonym | do | |
Broader | create, make | create by artistic means |
Opposite | unmake, undo | deprive of certain characteristics / characteristics |
Spanish | confeccionar, crear, formar, hacer | |
Catalan | confeccionar, crear, formar |
Meaning | To compose or represent: "This wall forms the background of the stage setting". | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "This makes a fine introduction" | |
Synonyms | form, constitute | |
Narrower | add | constitute an addition |
chelate | form a chelate, in chemistry | |
Broader | constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be | form or compose |
Spanish | confeccionar, constituir, crear, formar | |
Catalan | confeccionar, constituir, crear, formar |
Meaning | reach a goal / goal, e.g., "make the first team". | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "She may not make the grade" | |
Synonyms | reach, get to, progress to | |
Broader | achieve, accomplish, attain, reach | To gain with effort |
Spanish | avanzar, llegar, lograr alcanzar, lograr ser, lograr |
Meaning | Be or be capable / capable of being changed or made into. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Examples |
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Broader | become | Come into existence |
Meaning | make by shaping or bringing together constituents. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Examples |
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Narrower | compile | Use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed |
compose, compile | Put together out of existing material | |
cooper | make barrels and casks | |
fashion, forge | make out of components (often in an improvising manner) | |
manufacture, fabricate, construct | Put together out of artificial or natural components or parts | |
Broader | create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch |
Spanish | componer, confeccionar, hacer, preparar | |
Catalan | compondre, confeccionar, crear, fer, preparar | |
Nouns | making | the act that results in something coming to be |
Meaning | Perform or carry out. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Examples |
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Narrower | pay | Render |
Broader | perform, execute, do | carry out or perform an action |
Similar to | make, do | Engage in |
Meaning | make by combining materials and parts. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | The men make the bookshelves | |
Synonyms | construct, build | |
Narrower | cantilever | Construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed |
channelize, channelise | make a channel for | |
corduroy | build (a road) from logs laid / laid side by side | |
customize, customise | make according to requirements | |
dry-wall | Construct with drywall | |
frame, frame up | Construct by fitting or uniting parts together | |
groin | build with groins | |
lock | build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels | |
raise, erect, rear, set up, put up | Construct, build, or erect | |
rebuild, reconstruct | build again | |
revet | Construct a revetment | |
wattle | build of or with wattle | |
Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
Similar to | build | Be engaged in building |
Spanish | articular, confeccionar, construir, crear, edificar, formar, hacer, producir | |
Catalan | articular, confeccionar, construir, crear, edificar, fer, formar | |
Nouns | make | a recognizable kind |
maker | a person who makes things | |
making | the act that results in something coming to be |
Meaning | change from one form into another. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
Examples |
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Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Catalan | convertir, transformar |
Meaning | act in a certain way so as to acquire. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Examples |
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Broader | act, behave, do | Behave in a certain manner |
Similar to | gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in | earn on some commercial or business transaction |
have, get, make | achieve a point or goal | |
Spanish | hacerse | |
Catalan | fer-se |
Meaning | Charge with a function; charge to be. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something | |
Model | They make her vice president | |
Synonyms | name, nominate | |
Narrower | rename | name again or anew |
Broader | appoint, charge | Assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to |
Spanish | designar, nominar | |
Catalan | anomenar, designar, dir, fer, nominar, posar, proposar |
Meaning | achieve a point or goal. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | have, get | |
Broader | score, hit, tally, rack up | gain points in a game / game / game |
Similar to | make | act in a certain way so as to acquire |
Spanish | hacer, lograr, tener |
Meaning | Reach a destination / destination, either real or abstract. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | They make the water | |
Synonyms | reach, attain, hit, arrive at, gain | |
Entails | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
Narrower | access, get at | reach or gain access to |
bottom out | reach the low point | |
catch up | reach the point where one should be after a delay | |
culminate | reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body | |
find | succeed in reaching | |
get through, come through | succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination / destination after overcoming problems | |
ground, run aground | hit or reach the ground | |
make | reach in time | |
scale, surmount | reach the highest point / point of | |
summit, breast | reach the summit (of a mountain) | |
top | reach or ascend the top of | |
top out, peak | To reach the highest point | |
Similar to | make | reach in time |
Spanish | alcanzar, arribar, contactar, ganar, llegar, lograr, obtener, pegar | |
Catalan | arribar a, arribar, assolir, contactar, pegar |
Meaning | institute, enact, or establish. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Example | "make laws" | |
Synonyms | lay down, establish | |
Narrower | set, mark | Establish as the highest level or best performance |
Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
Spanish | construir, establecer, instituir, nombrar, poner |
Meaning | carry out or commit. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "make a mistake" | |
Broader | perpetrate, commit, pull | Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation |
Spanish | cometer, hacer |
Meaning | form by assembling individuals or constituents. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Example | "Make a quorum" | |
Broader | assemble, gather, get together | get people together |
Similar to | make | add up to |
Spanish | componer, confeccionar, crear, hacer, reunir | |
Catalan | compondre, confeccionar, crear, fer, preparar |
Meaning | organize or be responsible for. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "have, throw, or make a party" | |
Synonyms | hold, throw, have, give | |
Broader | direct | Be in charge of |
Spanish | dar, dispensar, entregar, hacer, propinar | |
Catalan | dispensar, donar, entregar, propinar |
Meaning | put in order or neaten. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Examples |
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Synonym | make up | |
Broader | tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away | put (things or places) in order |
Similar to | make | Gather and light the materials for |
Catalan | endreçar, fer |
Meaning | head into a specified direction. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonym | take | |
Broader | head | To go or travel towards |
Meaning | Have a bowel movement. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap | |
Narrower | dung | defecate |
Broader | excrete, egest, eliminate, pass | Eliminate from the body |
Similar to | make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water | Eliminate urine |
Spanish | cagar, defecar, jiñar | |
Catalan | cagar, defecar, fer caca |
Meaning | Undergo fabrication or creation. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
Example | "This wool makes into a nice sweater" | |
Broader | change | Undergo a change |
Spanish | confeccionar, crear, formar, hacer | |
Catalan | confeccionar, crear, fer, formar | |
Nouns | making | the act that results in something coming to be |
making | (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something |
Meaning | Be suitable for. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Example | "Wood makes good furniture" | |
Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
Spanish | confeccionar, crear, formar, hacer | |
Catalan | confeccionar, crear, formar | |
Nouns | making | (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something |
Meaning | add up to. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "four and four make eight" | |
Category | arithmetic | The branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations |
Broader | total, number, add up, come, amount | add up in number or quantity |
Similar to | make | form by assembling individuals or constituents |
make | Amount to | |
Spanish | ser |
Meaning | Amount to. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living" | |
Broader | amount | Be tantamount or equivalent to |
Similar to | make | add up to |
Meaning | constitute the essence of. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
Example | "Clothes make the man" | |
Broader | constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be | form or compose |
Spanish | hacer |
Meaning | Appear to begin an activity. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
Broader | look, appear, seem | Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect |
Meaning | proceed along a path. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "make one's way into the forest" | |
Synonym | work | |
Narrower | bushwhack | cut one's way through the woods or bush |
claw | Move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging | |
jostle | make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving | |
Broader | pass | go across or through |
Similar to | work | proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity |
Meaning | reach in time. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain | Reach a destination / destination, either real or abstract |
Similar to | reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain | Reach a destination / destination, either real or abstract |
Spanish | lograr llegar |
Meaning | Gather and light the materials for. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "make a fire" | |
Broader | create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch |
Similar to | cook, fix, ready, make, prepare | Prepare for eating by applying heat |
make, make up | put in order or neaten | |
Spanish | confeccionar, crear, formar | |
Catalan | confeccionar, crear, formar |
Meaning | induce to have sex. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | seduce, score | |
Entails | sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk | Have sexual intercourse with |
Broader | persuade | Cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action |
Similar to | seduce | Lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct |
Spanish | anotar, comerse, marcar, seducir | |
Catalan | anotar, marcar, seduir |
Meaning | assure the success of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Example | "A good review by this critic will make your play!" | |
Broader | guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure | make certain of |
Opposite | break | Cause the failure or ruin of |
Spanish | dar el éxito |
Meaning | represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "She makes like an actress" | |
Synonyms | pretend, make believe | |
Narrower | go through the motions | pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it |
Broader | act, play, represent | Play a role or part |
Similar to | feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble | make believe with the intent to deceive / deceive |
Spanish | pretender |
Meaning | Consider as being. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun | |
Broader | see, consider, reckon, view, regard | deem to be |
Similar to | make | calculate as being |
Meaning | calculate as being. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun | |
Example | "I make the height about 100 feet" | |
Broader | estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) |
Similar to | draw, make | make, formulate, or derive in the mind |
make | Consider as being |
Meaning | Cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "make my day" | |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Meaning | favor / favor the development of. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
Example | "Practice makes the winner" | |
Broader | develop | generate gradually |
Meaning | Develop into. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
Example | "He will make a splendid father!" | |
Broader | develop, grow | Grow emotionally or mature |
Nouns | making | an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something |
Meaning | Behave in a certain way. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s Adjective | |
Example | "make merry" | |
Broader | act, behave, do | Behave in a certain manner |
Spanish | hacer | |
Catalan | fer |
Meaning | Eliminate urine. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water | |
Narrower | stale | urinate, of cattle and horses |
wet | make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating | |
Broader | excrete, egest, eliminate, pass | Eliminate from the body |
Similar to | stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, make | Have a bowel movement |
urinate | Pass after the manner of urine | |
Spanish | evacuar, hacer aguas menores, hacer pipí, hacer pis, hacer un río, mear, orinar | |
Catalan | fer pipí, orinar, pixar |
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