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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

make of en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To form an opinion about (someone or something); to appraise (a person, idea or situation).
    • What do you make of the new guy?
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, of.
    • Caesar made rich men of his supporters back in Rome.
    • To make of carrots alone, put in about two pounds sliced carrots in stewpan with three tablespoons butter and place where they will stew gently an hour without browning. 1887, “Carrot Soup”, in Estelle W[oods] Wilcox, compiler, The Buckeye Cook Book. […], subscription edition, Minneapolis, Minn.: Buckeye Publishing Co. […], →OCLC, “Soups” section, page 831:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
making of Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
made of Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
made of Tense=Past lexicographic
makes of Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (12)

fi tuumata (form an opinion about) · cmn 覺得怎麼樣 /觉得怎么样 (form an opinion about) · fi olla sitä mieltä (form an opinion about) · hu gondol (form an opinion about) · hu vélekedik (form an opinion about) · pt achar de (form an opinion about) · de halten von (form an opinion about) · es parecer (form an opinion about) · es interpretar (form an opinion about) · ru оце́нивать (form an opinion about) · cmn 評價 /评价 (form an opinion about) · es opinar / pensar de (form an opinion about)