Definitions for makes
makes

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1. makes

   This expresses coming on; as, the tide makes, &c.

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1. makesverb

   Verb form of the word make.

   This makes life so much easier for us all.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 15, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'makes' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #597

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'makes' in Written Corpus Frequency: #536

Anagrams for makes »

1. kames

How to pronounce makes?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say makes in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of makes in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of makes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of makes in a Sentence

1. Tal Winter:

   I could sit there with a glass of water and it would take like a year to drink, but there’s something magical about BKR that makes you addicted to drinking water.

2. Gertrude Stein:

   In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. This is what makes America what it is.

3. George Brainard:

   I (feel) like the black and white here, I think that it sort of takes (people) out of reality a bit and makes them sort of more iconic, i like that it makes them look more like a piece of art. I think these portraits are almost sculptural in some ways. They've very simple, very direct, and I think the black and white helps with all of that.

4. Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest:

   I love hearing my relations abused. It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all.

5. Orison Swett Marden:

   You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them.

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