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English verb: make out | |||
| 1. | make out (perception) detect with the senses | ||
| Samples | The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards. I can't make out the faces in this photograph. | ||
| Synonyms | discern, distinguish, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | discriminate, resolve | ||
| Entail | comprehend, perceive | ||
| 2. | make out (communication) make out and issue | ||
| Samples | Write out a check. Cut a ticket. Please make the check out to me. | ||
| Examples | The banks make out the check | ||
| Synonyms | cut, issue, write out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | write | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | check | ||
| 3. | make out (cognition) comprehend | ||
| Samples | I cannot make out what this politician is saying. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | understand | ||
| 4. | make out (stative) proceed or get along | ||
| Samples | How is she doing in her new job?. How are you making out in graduate school?. He's come a long way. | ||
| Synonyms | come, do, fare, get along | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s Adjective/Noun. Somebody ----s Adjective | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, proceed | ||
| 5. | make out (social) come to terms with | ||
| Samples | We got by on just a gallon of gas. They made do on half a loaf of bread every day. | ||
| Synonyms | contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, manage | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cope with, cut, extemporize, fend, hack, improvise, match, meet, rub along, scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by | ||
| 6. | make out (contact) have sexual intercourse with | ||
| Samples | This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm. Adam knew Eve. Were you ever intimate with this man?. | ||
| Synonyms | bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | copulate, couple, mate, pair | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fornicate, have, take | ||
| Verb group | make out, neck | ||
| 7. | make out (contact) kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion | ||
| Samples | The couple were necking in the back seat of the car. | ||
| Synonyms | neck | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pet | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | smooch, spoon | ||
| Verb group | bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with | ||
| 8. | make out (communication) write all the required information onto a form | ||
| Samples | Fill out this questionnaire, please!. Make out a form. | ||
| Synonyms | complete, fill in, fill out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Entail | get down, put down, set down, write down | ||
| 9. | make out (communication) imply or suggest | ||
| Samples | Your remarks make me out to be stupid. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | intimate, suggest | ||
| 10. | make out (communication) try to establish | ||
| Samples | She made out that she know nothing about the crime. | ||
| Pattern of use | It ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | claim | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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