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makes
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create, build |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, adjust, arrange, assemble, beget, brew, bring about, cause, compose, conceive, constitute, construct, cook, cook up, dash off, draw on, dream up, effect, engender, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, generate, get ready, give rise to, hatch, initiate, invent, knock off, lead to, manufacture, mold, occasion, originate, parent, prepare, procreate, produce, put together, secure, shape, spawn, synthesize, tear off, throw together, whip, whip out |
| Antonyms: | crush, destroy, raze, ruin |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | designate, appoint |
| Synonyms: | advance, assign, constitute, create, delegate, elect, finger, install, invest, name, nominate, ordain, proffer, select, tap, tender |
| Antonyms: | demote, renounce |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enact, execute |
| Synonyms: | act, carry on, carry out, carry through, conduct, declare, decree, do, draft, draw up, effect, engage in, establish, fix, form, formulate, frame, legislate, pass, perform, practice, prepare, prosecute, wage |
| Antonyms: | deny, disallow, refuse, refute, veto |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add up to; constitute |
| Synonyms: | amount to, come to, compose, compound, comprise, construct, embody, equal, fabricate, form, make up, mix, organize, put together, represent, structure, synthesize, texture |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | estimate, infer |
| Synonyms: | calculate, collect, conclude, deduce, deduct, derive, dope out, draw, figure, gather, gauge, judge, reckon, suppose, think |
| Antonyms: | calculate, measure |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | earn, acquire |
| Synonyms: | bring home bacon, bring in, clean up, clear, gain, get, harvest, hustle, net, obtain, pull, pull down, rate, realize, reap, receive, secure, sock, take in |
| Antonyms: | lose |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrive, aim at |
| Synonyms: | advance, arrive at, arrive in time, attain, bear, break for, catch, get to, go, head, light out, meet, move, proceed, progress, reach, set out, strike out, take off |
| Antonyms: | fail |
| Main Entry: | account |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written description of past events |
| Synonyms: | ABCs, annal, blow by blow, bulletin, chronicle, detail, explanation, history, lowdown, make*, narration, narrative, play by play, recital, report, run-down, score, story, tab, take, tale, the picture, the whole picture, version |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adapt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust to a different situation or condition |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, accommodate, accustom, alter, change, come around, comply, conform, familiarize, fashion, fit, get act together, get used to, grow used to, habituate, harmonize, make, match, modify, play the game, prepare, qualify, readjust, reconcile, remodel, revise, roll with punches, shape, shape up, square, suit, tailor |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, dislocate, disorder, disturb, unfit |
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