make – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of make

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to make a fool of
Participle: made a fool of
Gerund: making a fool of

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of make

Indicative

Present

Imake a fool of
youmake a fool of
he;she;itmakes a fool of
wemake a fool of
youmake a fool of
theymake a fool of

Perfect

Ihave made a fool of
youhave made a fool of
he;she;ithas made a fool of
wehave made a fool of
youhave made a fool of
theyhave made a fool of

Past

Imade a fool of
youmade a fool of
he;she;itmade a fool of
wemade a fool of
youmade a fool of
theymade a fool of

Pluperfect

Ihad made a fool of
youhad made a fool of
he;she;ithad made a fool of
wehad made a fool of
youhad made a fool of
theyhad made a fool of

Future

Iwill make a fool of
youwill make a fool of
he;she;itwill make a fool of
wewill make a fool of
youwill make a fool of
theywill make a fool of

Future Perfect

Iwill have made a fool of
youwill have made a fool of
he;she;itwill have made a fool of
wewill have made a fool of
youwill have made a fool of
theywill have made a fool of

Subjunctive

Present

Imake a fool of
youmake a fool of
he;she;itmake a fool of
wemake a fool of
youmake a fool of
theymake a fool of

Perfect

Ihave made a fool of
youhave made a fool of
he;she;ithave made a fool of
wehave made a fool of
youhave made a fool of
theyhave made a fool of

Imperfect

Imade a fool of
youmade a fool of
he;she;itmade a fool of
wemade a fool of
youmade a fool of
theymade a fool of

Pluperfect

Ihad made a fool of
youhad made a fool of
he;she;ithad made a fool of
wehad made a fool of
youhad made a fool of
theyhad made a fool of

Conditional

Present

Iwould make a fool of
youwould make a fool of
he;she;itwould make a fool of
wewould make a fool of
youwould make a fool of
theywould make a fool of

Perfect

Iwould have made a fool of
youwould have made a fool of
he;she;itwould have made a fool of
wewould have made a fool of
youwould have made a fool of
theywould have made a fool of

Imperative

youmake a fool of
weLet's make a fool of
youmake a fool of

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam making a fool of
youare making a fool of
he;she;itis making a fool of
weare making a fool of
youare making a fool of
theyare making a fool of

Perfect

Ihave been making a fool of
youhave been making a fool of
he;she;ithas been making a fool of
wehave been making a fool of
youhave been making a fool of
theyhave been making a fool of

Past

Iwas making a fool of
youwere making a fool of
he;she;itwas making a fool of
wewere making a fool of
youwere making a fool of
theywere making a fool of

Pluperfect

Ihad been making a fool of
youhad been making a fool of
he;she;ithad been making a fool of
wehad been making a fool of
youhad been making a fool of
theyhad been making a fool of

Future

Iwill be making a fool of
youwill be making a fool of
he;she;itwill be making a fool of
wewill be making a fool of
youwill be making a fool of
theywill be making a fool of

Future Perfect

Iwill have been making a fool of
youwill have been making a fool of
he;she;itwill have been making a fool of
wewill have been making a fool of
youwill have been making a fool of
theywill have been making a fool of

Conditional

Present

Iwould be making a fool of
youwould be making a fool of
he;she;itwould be making a fool of
wewould be making a fool of
youwould be making a fool of
theywould be making a fool of

Perfect

Iwould have been making a fool of
youwould have been making a fool of
he;she;itwould have been making a fool of
wewould have been making a fool of
youwould have been making a fool of
theywould have been making a fool of

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

cause to become
get
build
build
identify
identify
sexual intercourse
ball, bonk, fuck, lay, screw, shag, copulate, copulate with, wap
to construct
artifice, betimber, build, build up, compile, construct, edify, erect, extruct, fabricate, fashion, form, manufacture, produce, put together, put up, rear, timber, upbuild
manufacture
create, construct, assemble, build, produce, fabricate, erect, form
change
transform, convert, turn, compose
prompt
occasion
earn
obtain, gain, acquire, procure, get, secure, win

Antonyms

to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate
build, construct, create, produce, rebuild, recover, destroy
change
constancy, stability, immutability, firmness
earn
spend, lose, squander, waste

Additional Information

Cf. Old English weak verb macian (make).

Etymology

1. O.E. macian, from W.Gmc. *makojanan (cf. O.S. makon, O.Fris. makia "to build, make," M.Du. maken, O.H.G. mahhon, Ger. machen), from PIE *mag- "to knead, mix, make" (see may). Sense evolution probably is via prehistoric houses built of mud. Gradually replaced the main O.E. word, gewyrcan (see work). Meaning "to arrive at" (a place), first attested c.1624, originally was nautical. Formerly used in many places where specific verbs now are used, e.g. to make Latin (c.1500) "to write Latin compositions." This broader usage survives in some phrases, e.g. to make water "to urinate," to make a book "arrange a series of bets" (1828), make hay "to turn over mown grass to expose it to sun." Make do "manage with what is available" is attested from 1899. Make out "get along" is first recorded 1609, sense of "understand" is from 1646, sexual sense first recorded 1939. Make time "go fast" is 1887; make tracks in this sense is from 1834. Make the grade is 1912, perhaps from the notion of railway engines going up an incline. To make up "end a quarrel, reconcile" is from 1669. Phrase on the make "intent on profit or advancement" is from 1869. To make a federal case out of (something) popularized in 1959 movie "Anatomy of a Murder;" to make an offer (one) can't refuse is from Mario Puzo's 1969 novel "The Godfather." To make (one's) day is from 1909; menacing make my day is from 1971, popularized by Clint Eastwood in film "Sudden Impact" (1983).
2. From Middle English macen, machiæ, macian, macke, mak, make, maken, makiȝe, from Old English macian (“to build, make, work”), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn (“to build, make, work”), from *mak (“agreeable, comfortable, fit, suitable”), from Proto-Germanic *makaz (“agreeable, comfortable, fit, suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-, *meh₂ḱ- (“to knead”) or *meg- (“to be comfortable, pleasant”). Related to match.
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with Scots mak (“to make”), Yola maak, maake (“to make”), North Frisian maage, maaki, mååge (“to make”), Saterland Frisian moakje (“to make; to repair; to prepare; to preach; to earn”), West Frisian meitsje (“to make”), Alemannic German mache (“to make; to do”), Bavarian måcha, måchn (“to make; to do; to go; to cause; to play; to matter; to look”), Cimbrian machan (“to make”), Dutch and Low German maken (“to make”), German machen (“to make; to do; to go; to cause; to play; to fare; to look”), Luxembourgish maachen, man (“to make; to do; to take; to equal; to put”), Mòcheno mòchen (“to make”), Vilamovian mahha (“to make; to do”), Yiddish מאַכן (makhn, “to create, make; to do; to say”); also probably Irish mám (“yoke; duty, obligation; function, service”), Latin mācerō (“to soften; to weaken; to mortify; to torture”), Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō, “to handle, knead; to wipe”), Bulgarian ма́жа (máža, “to smear; to oil”), Czech mazat (“to lubricate; to spread; to smear; to scribble; to erase”), Polish mazać (“to smear; to scribble; to pule, whimper”), Russian ма́зать (mázatʹ, “to oil; to paint; to smear; to soil; to miss”), Serbo-Croatian ма̏зати, mȁzati (“to smear; to dirty”), Ukrainian ма́зати (mázaty, “to smear”), Old Armenian մած (mac, “glued together, joined; coagulated, curdled; adhesive, sticking; compact; dense”), Hindi मचाना (macānā, “to cause, raise, wreak”). See: Old English 'macian', Scots 'mak', Frisian, Northern 'maage', Frisian, Saterlandic 'moakje', Alemannic German 'mache', Bavarian 'måcha', Cimbrian 'machan', German, old spelling 'machen', Luxembourgish 'maachen', Wymysorys 'mahha', Latin 'mācerō', Bulgarian 'ма́жа', Czech 'mazat', Polish 'mazać', Russian 'ма́зать', Ukrainian 'ма́зати', Hindi 'मचाना'.

Verbs referencing "make"

Danish mage, German, old spelling machen, Alemannic German mache, German, Pennsylvania mache, Luxembourgish maachen, Tok Pisin mekim, Tok Pisin makim, Proto-Slavic mazati.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] experienced a pretty smart shock before coming below, which, but that we were the most sanguine people living, might have prepared us for the worst. The imaginative artist to whom I have already made allusion, has depicted in the same great work, a chamber of almost interminable perspective, furnished, as Mr. Robins would say, in a style of more than Eastern splendour, and filled (but not [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] dismally at rolling seas and heavy weather. I had not at that time seen the ideal presentment of this chamber which has since gratified me so much, but I observed that one of our friends who had made the arrangements for our voyage, turned pale on entering, retreated on the friend behind him, smote his forehead involuntarily, and said below his breath, ‘Impossible ! it cannot be!’ or words to [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ I can't make trade that way—I positively ca n't, Mr. Shelby, ” said the other, holding up a glass of wine between his eye and the light. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] unanimous conclusion that it was rather spacious than otherwise: though I do verily believe that, deducting the two berths, one above the other, than which nothing smaller for sleeping in was ever made except coffins, it was no bigger than one of those hackney cabriolets which have the door behind, and shoot their fares out, like sacks of coals, upon the pavement. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] sitting there at all times and seasons, and had fallen into a momentary silence, leaning our faces on our hands and looking at the fire, one of our party said, with the solemn air of a man who had made a discovery, ‘What a relish mulled claret will have down here ! ’ which appeared to strike us all most forcibly; as though there were something spicy and high-flavoured in cabins, which essentially [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • There was a stewardess, too, actively engaged in producing clean sheets and table-cloths from the very entrails of the sofas, and from unexpected lockers, of such artful mechanism, that it made one 's head ache to see them opened one after another, and rendered it quite a distracting circumstance to follow her proceedings, and to find that every nook and corner and individual piece of [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] says I to him, ‘I trust you, because I think you 're a Christian—I know you wouldn't cheat. ’ Tom comes back, sure enough; I knew he would. Some low fellows, they say, said to him—Tom, why don't you make tracks for Canada ? ’ ’ Ah, master trusted me, and I couldn’t,’—they told me about it. I am sorry to part with Tom, I must say. You ought to let him cover the whole balance of the debt; and you [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] a pair of large dark eyes, full of fire and softness, looked out from beneath the rich, long lashes, as he peered curiously into the apartment. A gay robe of scarlet and yellow plaid, carefully made and neatly fitted, set off to advantage the dark and rich style of his beauty; and a certain comic air of assurance, blended with bashfulness, showed that he had been not unused to being petted and [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] to look that way, and nod his head, as who should say, ‘No mistake about that: ’ and not even the sage Lord Burleigh in his nod, included half so much as this lazy gentleman of might who has made the passage (as everybody on board has found out already; it 's impossible to say how ) thirteen times without a single accident ! There is another passenger very much wrapped-up, who has been [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • But we are made fast alongside the packet, whose huge red funnel is smoking bravely, giving rich promise of serious intentions. Packing-cases, portmanteaus, carpet-bags, and boxes, are already passed from hand to [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Okay. - He lonely. - Okay. Now, he's making his bread all day. Trying to spend all that shit up on you. (Predatory Behavior)
  • Do you remember why the big bad wolf couldn't get in the house ? Because it was made of bricks ? (Werewolves)
  • Mmm. Au revoir, Virgil. Mm-hmm. (sighs) ALOK: That is illegal. And that makes money. (Star Trek: Section 31)
  • that made an honest man out of this swarthy pirate. Oh, pirate, huh? Benz, this is Cassidy, my new wife. (Into the Deep)
  • He told so many jokes. He just made everybody so comfortable in any room. (Marked Men)