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makes landfall

makes landfall is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make landfall.

Meaning of make landfall

Verb

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

  1. (of a storm) To reach land.
  2. (of a ship) To arrive on shore, or sight the shore.

Questions about makes landfall

What is makes landfall the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Makes landfall is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make landfall.

Words near makes landfall in the dictionary

  1. makes it so that
  2. makes it up as one goes along
  3. makes it up to
  4. makes known
  5. makes land
  6. makes landfall
  7. makes light of
  8. makes light work of
  9. makes like a baby and heads out
  10. makes like a banana and splits
  11. makes like a tree

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