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mak

/mæk/

mak is the alternative form of make.

Meaning of make

Verb

make (third-person singular simple present makes, present participle making, simple past and past participle made or (dialectal or obsolete) maked)

  1. (transitive) To build, construct, produce, or originate.
    • We made a bird feeder for our yard.
  2. (transitive) To write or compose.
    • I made a poem for her wedding.
  3. (transitive) To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
    • make war
  4. (transitive, religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
    • God made earth and heaven.
  5. (transitive) To prepare (food); to cook (food).
    • I'm making cereal for breakfast. Who wants some?
  6. (colloquial, intransitive) To behave, to act.
    • To make like a deer caught in the headlights.

See all 60 meanings of make

Proper noun capitalized: Mak

Mak (plural Maks)

  1. A surname from Chinese.
  2. A surname from Polish.
  3. A surname from Ukrainian.
  4. A surname from Hungarian.

Forms of mak

Verb
third-person singular presentmaks
present participlemakkin
present participlemakin
past participlemakked
pastmakked
past participlemade
pastmade
alternative Geordiemyek
alternative English Standardmake
Proper noun
pluralMaks

Origin of mak

* As a Chinese surname, borrowed from Cantonese 麥/麦 (mak6). * As a Polish surname, borrowed from Polish Mak, or shortened from Polish Makary. * As a Ukrainian surname, shortened from Ukrainian Макар (Makar). * As a Hungarian surname, shortened from Hungarian Makár.

Phrases with mak

Questions about mak

What does mak mean?
Mak means a surname from Chinese.
What is mak the alternative form of?
Mak is the alternative form of make.
What part of speech is mak?
Mak is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mak?
Mak is pronounced /mæk/.

Words near mak in the dictionary

  1. majuscule
  2. majuscule writing
  3. majusculed
  4. majuscules
  5. majzlanite
  6. mak
  7. mak nyah
  8. mak nyahs
  9. Mak'em
  10. Mak'ems
  11. mak'st

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mak (page history and authors); Mak (page history and authors); make (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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