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# make

verb (make, makes, made, making); noun (a make — a brand)

«make» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To make is to build, cook or create something: make a cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#m1)
2. To make is to cause something to happen or be: The joke made me laugh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#m2)
3. To make someone do something is to force them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#m3)
4. In maths, to make is to come to a total: 3 and 4 make 7. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#m4)
5. To make a bed, a mistake, a friend, a choice is to do it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#m5)
6. To make can mean to earn or to reach: make money, make it on time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#m6)
7. (casual) «Make do» means manage with what you have; «make up» means invent or become friends again; «made up» (UK north, Ireland) means very pleased; «make out» means understand, or (teen slang) kiss. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#m7)
8. (rough) «Make me!» is a cheeky refusal; «you make me sick» is an angry put-down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#m8)
9. (formal) The exam voice says «construct», «produce», «manufacture», «compose», «constitute», «render», «yield» (give as a result). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#m9)

### In the lessons

causing a change («Giving can make you have more or less»); making things in groups («makes 4 rows of 5 beads» = multiply); «make 10» = find numbers that add to 10; in everyday life «make friends», «make a mistake», «make up» (invent, or become friends again), «make sure», «make do»; in casual talk «made up», «make it» (arrive in time); in rough talk «make me!»; in the exam voice «constitute», «yield», «produce»

### Examples

- Giving can make you have more or less … [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x1)
- Mum makes 3 cakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x2)
- Kim makes 4 rows of 5 beads. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x3)
- 6 and 4 make 10. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x4)
- Let's make a paper plane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x5)
- Please make your bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x6)
- The loud bang made the baby cry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x7)
- It's fine to make mistakes when you learn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x8)
- I made a new friend today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x9)
- no eggs left so we'll make do with 2 [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x10)
- «Sit down.» «Make me!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x11)
- Kim constructs 4 rows, each comprising 5 beads; determine the aggregate number of beads thus produced. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x12)
- Oh, that made him so angry! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x13)

### Note

Making new things adds to the count; «makes N rows of M» is equal groups: multiply. «A and B make C» means A + B = C; «yield» and «constitute» in an exam say the same. Past «made». «make a mistake», not «do a mistake». «Make me!» is a rude refusal, not a request. «make do with 2» means manage with only 2: the number is 2.

## In Jewish tradition

It often means to create, build or fashion, as when God makes the world or Israel makes the tabernacle and its objects as God commands. "Make atonement" means to set things right with God.

**Interpretation.** Tradition notes that the Torah says God "made" and "created", and reads the work of making the tabernacle as a pattern of human partnership with God.

### Examples

- And thou shalt make settings of gold; (Torah EXO.28.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/make/#x1)
- Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. (Torah EXO.34.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/make/#x2)
- one he-goat, to make atonement for you. (Torah NUM.28.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/make/#x3)
- Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. (Prophets 1SA.16.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/make/#x4)
- Wilt thou even make void My judgment? (Writings JOB.40.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/make/#x5)
- A Psalm of David, to make memorial. (Writings PSA.38.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/make/#x6)

### Note

Making new things adds to the count; «makes N rows of M» is equal groups: multiply. «A and B make C» means A + B = C; «yield» and «constitute» in an exam say the same. Past «made». «make a mistake», not «do a mistake». «Make me!» is a rude refusal, not a request. «make do with 2» means manage with only 2: the number is 2.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «make» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«make» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/make.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «make» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/make/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«make» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/make.html) on Mova free.