Meanings
verbmake news (third-person singular simple present makes news, present participle making news, simple past and past participle made news)
present singular third person makes news · participle present making news · participle past made news · past made news
- idiomaticintransitiveTo be published in the news media.
He had no idea why the story made news; it did not seem at all newsworthy to him.
Synonyms: make the news
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo be published in the news media.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 上新聞 /上新闻
- 上新聞 /上新闻 (shàng xīnwén)be published in the news media
Finnish tulla uutinen
- tulla uutinenbe published in the news media
Italian fare notizia
- fare notiziabe published in the news media
Portuguese sair no jornal
- sair no jornalbe published in the news media
Cite this entry
APA
make news. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20news
MLA
“make news.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20news. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “make news,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20news.
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