make room

verb

To rearrange or organize existing people, objects, furniture, belongings, etc., to create space for new objects.

“I moved the books off my desk to make room for my labtop.”

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Meanings

verbmake room (third-person singular simple present makes room, present participle making room, simple past and past participle made room)

present singular third person makes room · participle present making room · participle past made room · past made room

  1. idiomaticTo rearrange or organize existing people, objects, furniture, belongings, etc., to create space for new objects.

    I moved the books off my desk to make room for my labtop.

    1 more example

    This tunnel was 326 yd. long, and the portals were designed by Brunel to represent Norman archways. It was converted into an open cutting, between 1887 and 1889, to make room for the shunting necks of the sidings at Bristol East Depot.

    1949 May and June, “A Middlesex Inn Sign”, in Railway Magazine, page 142

Translations

Ancient Greek χωρέω
  • χωρέω (khōréō)to create space for new objects
Danish gør plads
  • gør pladsto create space for new objects
Finnish tehdä tilaa
  • tehdä tilaato create space for new objects
German Platz machen, Platz schaffen
  • Platz machento create space for new objects
  • Platz schaffento create space for new objects
Greek κάνω χώρο
  • κάνω χώρο (káno chóro)to create space for new objects
Japanese 間を空ける
  • 間を空ける (ma o akeru)to create space for new objects
Portuguese abrir espaço
  • abrir espaçoto create space for new objects
Romanian face loc
  • face locto create space for new objects
Russian потесниться, подвинуться
  • потесниться (potesnitʹsja)to create space for new objects
  • подвинуться (podvinutʹsja)to create space for new objects
Spanish hacer sitio, hacer lugar
  • hacer sitioto create space for new objects
  • hacer lugarto create space for new objects
Turkish yer açmak
  • yer açmakto create space for new objects
Cite this entry
APA

make room. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20room

MLA

“make room.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20room. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “make room,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20room.

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