make

verb (PERFORM)

/meɪk/ (made, made)

Definition

A2 [T] to perform an action: I must make a phone call. Somebody has made a donation of £1 million to Oxfam. I need to make a trip to the shops. On foot they could only make about 20 miles a day. We must make a decision by tomorrow. You're not making any effort. Someone has made a mistake/an error. We're making good progress. She has made a request for a new car. We made an offer of £150,000 for the house. She made a short speech. Shall we make a start on the work? Can I make a suggestion? We made good time getting across town. There's a drunk at the door making trouble.Performing a functionFunctioning make room/space/way C2 If you make room/space/way for something or someone, you move or move other things, so that there is space for them.General words for movement

(Definition of make verb (PERFORM) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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