Definitions for make-do
make-do

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. makeshift, stopgap, make-donoun

   something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. make-donoun

   A temporary or makeshift expedient

2. make-doadjective

   improvised, makeshift

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1. make-do

   Make-do is an approach or strategy that involves using what is already available or making the best out of the available resources, rather than seeking new or additional resources. It often implies a sense of adaptation, improvisation or compromise due to constraints or limitations.

Matched Categories

1. • Expedient

How to pronounce make-do?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of make-do in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of make-do in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of make-do in a Sentence

1. Paul Coleman:

   Helping the person to reduce exercise frequency and intensity is essential, addicts will resist that but must learn how to make do with less exercise and discover they can be happy anyway.

2. Ron Wyden:

   Clearly, they have a clear decision to make. Do they want to reach out and support policies that would be beneficial to everybody, which would be that you would have to have the bipartisanship that was so dramatically lacking in the health care debate? this administration never had one substantive conversation with me about health care reform.

3. Ryan Greendeer:

   Because of the fire activity around the entire region, our resources are stretched very, very thin, each incident is having to make do with what is available, not what's needed.

4. Danilo Piraccini:

   This business is all about shaking hands and hugging people. Now we'll have to make do with a little wave and a smile of the eyes over a mask.

5. Paul Hodges:

   Demographics drive demand, older people have less need for houses, cars and consumer goods and have to make do on lower incomes as they move on to pension age, slowing the wheels of the economy.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=make-do
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Make-Do
3. ^ ChatGPT
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