[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/make.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / make [← M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/M/) # make «make» in Mova's school dictionary: **to build, cook or create something: make a cake** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech verb (make, makes, made, making); noun (a make — a brand) ### meaning for a pupil 1) To make is to build, cook or create something: make a cake. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#m2) 3) To make someone do something is to force them. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#m9) ### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x1) - Mum makes 3 cakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x2) - Kim makes 4 rows of 5 beads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x3) - 6 and 4 make 10. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x4) - Let's make a paper plane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x5) - Please make your bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x6) - The loud bang made the baby cry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x7) - It's fine to make mistakes when you learn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x8) - I made a new friend today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x9) - no eggs left so we'll make do with 2 [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x10) - «Sit down.» «Make me!» [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/#x12) - Oh, that made him so angry! [tree →](https://md.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 the corpora - [Pocket money is a small regular amount given to children to practise choosing, saving and making mistakes with money.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/8/) - [Lenders make borrowing look easy: "Cash in minutes!", "Buy now, pay later!".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/4/) - [A credit score is a rating of how reliably someone pays; missing payments lowers it and makes borrowing harder and dearer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/18/) - [Debt advice charities give free, private help to make a plan for paying debts back at a pace the family can manage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/21/) - [Own-brand food is often made in a similar way to famous brands but costs less because there is no big advertising.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/14/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «make» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/make/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.