make+tense

  • 31make towards — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms make towards : present tense I/you/we/they make towards he/she/it makes towards present participle making towards past tense made towards past participle made towards make towards someone/something to go in… …

    English dictionary

  • 32make — make1 W1S1 [meık] v past tense and past participle made [meıd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(produce)¦ 2¦(do)¦ 3¦(cook)¦ 4¦(cause)¦ 5¦(force)¦ 6¦(mark/hole etc)¦ 7 make it 8 make the meeting/the party/Tuesday etc 9¦(achieve something)¦ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 33make — make1 [ meık ] (past tense and past participle made [ meıd ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 create/produce something ▸ 2 do/say something ▸ 3 cause something to happen ▸ 4 force someone to do something ▸ 5 arrange something ▸ 6 earn/get money ▸ 7 give a total ▸… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 34make off — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms make off : present tense I/you/we/they make off he/she/it makes off present participle making off past tense made off past participle made off to leave quickly, especially after doing something wrong The… …

    English dictionary

  • 35make*/*/*/ — [meɪk] (past tense and past participle made [meɪd] ) verb I 1) [T] to create or produce something The nail made a hole in my shirt.[/ex] Jane was making coffee.[/ex] This furniture is made in South America.[/ex] a bowl made of… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 36tense — 1. noun /tɛns/ Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists. The basic tenses in English are present, past and future. 2. adjective /tɛns/ a) Showing signs of stress or …

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  • 37tense — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. taut, rigid; intent; excited; high strung, nervous, strained. See hardness. n. time, verb form, inflection. See grammar. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Nervous] Syn. agitated, anxious, high strung, on… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 38tense — tense1 adjective 1》 (especially of a muscle) stretched tight or rigid. 2》 (of a person) unable to relax.     ↘causing or showing anxiety and nervousness. 3》 Phonetics (of a speech sound, especially a vowel) pronounced with the vocal muscles… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 39tense — tens n. inflection, verbal time (Grammar) v. pull taught, stretch tight; make anxious or nervous; become anxious or nervous; become tight, contract adj. strained, taut, rigid, nervous, stressful …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 40tense — adj 1. taut, tight, drawn tight; rigid, stiff, inelastic, uplastic, inflexible, unbending, unyielding. 2. nervous, high strung, strained, under a strain, Sl. uptight, keyed up, wound up, choked up; worked up, wrought up, agitated, flustered,… …

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