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makes the world go around

makes the world go around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make the world go around.

Meaning of make the world go around

Verb

make the world go around (third-person singular simple present makes the world go around, present participle making the world go around, simple past and past participle made the world go around)

  1. (idiomatic) To play an essential role in causing the things in life to work as they should; to underlie the fulfillment of the needs of human existence.
    • "But say, Jeff, it's said that love makes the world go around. Let me tell you, the announcement lacks verification. . . . Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!"1907, O. Henry, “Cupid á la carte”, in Heart of the West

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

Words near makes the world go around in the dictionary

  1. makes the perfect the enemy of the good
  2. makes the rounds
  3. makes the running
  4. makes the weather
  5. makes the welkin ring
  6. makes the world go around
  7. makes the wrong turn at Albuquerque
  8. makes things interesting
  9. makes tick
  10. makes time
  11. makes time with

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