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made of

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

Meaning of make of

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To form an opinion about (someone or something); to appraise (a person, idea or situation).
    • What do you make of the new guy?
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, of.
    • Caesar made rich men of his supporters back in Rome.

Questions about made of

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

Words near made of in the dictionary

  1. made nice
  2. made no bones about
  3. made no odds
  4. made no secret of
  5. made noise
  6. made of
  7. made of fail
  8. made of money
  9. made of sterner stuff
  10. made of stone
  11. made of sugar

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Adapted from Wiktionary: made of (page history and authors); make of (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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