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makes of

makes of is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 makes of

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

Words near makes of in the dictionary

  1. makes nice
  2. makes no bones about
  3. makes no odds
  4. makes no secret of
  5. makes noise
  6. makes of
  7. makes off
  8. makes off with
  9. makes off without payment
  10. makes one
  11. makes one's bed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: makes 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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