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made much

made much is the simple past and past participle of make much.

Meaning of make much

Verb

make much (third-person singular simple present makes much, present participle making much, simple past and past participle made much)

  1. (usually) To emphasize, put much value on.
    • He always makes much of the fact that he is related to an earl.
  2. (usually) To give fond attention to; to cosset.
    • Usually, on such visits, the colonel made much of the dog. Today he merely glanced up abstractedly from his writing, at sight of Bruce's silken head at his side.2012, Albert Payson Terhune, Bruce, page 119
    Synonyms:
    coddle

Questions about made much

What is made much the simple past and past participle of?
Made much is the simple past and past participle of make much.

Words near made much in the dictionary

  1. made mincemeat of
  2. made mincemeat out of
  3. made mockery of
  4. made money
  5. made mouths
  6. made much
  7. made muffins
  8. made music
  9. made neither head nor tail of
  10. made news
  11. made nice

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Adapted from Wiktionary: made much (page history and authors); make much (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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