make of
Britishverb
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to interpret as the meaning of
what do you make of this news?
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to produce or construct from
houses made of brick
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not to understand
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to attribute little or no importance to
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to gain little or no benefit from
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(used with a negative) to make sense of
he couldn't make much of her babble
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to give importance to
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to gain benefit from
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to pay flattering attention to
the reporters made much of the film star
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Example Sentences
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One month after the initial announcement, investors still didn’t know what to make of it.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Funny how neither film adaptation knew what to make of El Rey, dropping him and Thompson’s surreal depiction of hell; the book’s admirers swear by the ending’s strangeness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
"For a long time, no one knew quite what to make of these oddball little blips of dimming," Bouma said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026
At PMQs on Wednesday, Badenoch said: "I wonder what a director of public prosecutions would make of the defence, 'sorry, I can't produce my WhatsApps, my phone's been stolen'."
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
“What do you make of that mark on her throat?”
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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