Meanings
verbmake of (third-person singular simple present makes of, present participle making of, simple past and past participle made of)
present singular third person makes of · participle present making of · participle past made of · past made of
- transitiveTo form an opinion about (someone or something); to appraise (a person, idea or situation).
What do you make of the new guy?
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, of.
Caesar made rich men of his supporters back in Rome.
1 more example
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
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 評價 /评价, 覺得怎麼樣 /觉得怎么样
- 評價 /评价 (píngjià)form an opinion about
- 覺得怎麼樣 /觉得怎么样 (juéde zěnmeyàng)form an opinion about
Finnish olla sitä mieltä, tuumata
- olla sitä mieltäform an opinion about
- tuumataform an opinion about
German halten von
- halten vonform an opinion about
Hungarian gondol, vélekedik
- gondolform an opinion about
- vélekedikform an opinion about
Portuguese achar de
- achar deform an opinion about
Russian оце́нивать
- оце́нивать (océnivatʹ)form an opinion about
Spanish opinar / pensar de, parecer
- opinar / pensar deform an opinion about
- parecerform an opinion about
- interpretarform an opinion about
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APA
make of. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20of
MLA
“make of.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20of. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “make of,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20of.
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