Made vs. Make: What's the Difference?
Edited by Huma Saeed || By Sawaira Riaz || Updated on September 18, 2023
"Made" is the past tense and past participle of "make," indicating that an action has been completed. "Make" is a verb in present tense, referring to the act of creating or producing something.
Key Differences
In English grammar, "Made" is employed to signify an action that has already occurred. "Make," in contrast, talks about an action that is happening now, or will happen in the future. "Made" often requires a time reference, while "Make" does not necessarily need one.
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Sep 18, 2023
The word "Made" is static, indicating that the creation or production process has reached completion. "Make" is dynamic, indicating ongoing or future activity. For example, "He made a chair" is a final statement, whereas "He will make a chair" suggests a future action.
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"Made" is often used in sentences that involve passive voice. "Make" is usually seen in active voice constructions. For instance, "The cake was made by her" is passive, whereas "She will make the cake" is active.
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Another distinction comes in the area of phrasal verbs and expressions. "Made" forms several expressions like "made up," "made of," etc. "Make" can also be a part of numerous phrasal verbs like "make out," "make up," "make for," etc.
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Comparison Chart
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Phrasal Verbs
Part of expressions like "made of"
Part of expressions like "make up"
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Dependency
Often requires a time reference
Does not necessarily need a time reference
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Made and Make Definitions
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Make
To cause to exist or happen; bring about; create
Made problems for us.
Making a commotion.
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Made
Produced through a particular process.
The sculpture was made by chiseling marble.
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Make
To bring into existence by shaping, modifying, or putting together material; construct
Make a dress.
Made a stone wall.
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Make
To form by assembling individuals or constituents
We made a temporary information center using savvy volunteers.
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Made
Produced or manufactured by constructing, shaping, or forming. Often used in combination
Handmade lace.
Ready-made suits.
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Made
Produced or created artificially
Bought some made goods at the crafts fair.
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Make
To cause to be or become
Made her position clear.
A decision that made him happy.
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Made
Having been invented; contrived
These made excuses of yours aren't plausible.
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Make
To cause to assume a specified function or role
Made her treasurer.
Made Austin his home.
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Made
Artificially produced; pieced together; formed by filling in; as, made ground; a made mast, in distinction from one consisting of a single spar.
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Made
Having the sheets and blankets set in order; - of a bed; as, is the bed made?.
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Made
Successful or assured of success; as, a self-made man.
Now I am a made man forever.
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Made
Produced by a manufacturing process;
Bought some made goods at the local store; rope and nails
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Made
(of a bed) having the sheets and blankets set in order;
A neatly made bed
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Make
To achieve, produce, or attain
Made peace between the two sides.
Not making sense.
Didn't make the quota.
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Make
To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of
Don't know what to make of the decision.
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Make
To cause to be especially enjoyable or rewarding
Your being along really made the outing.
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Make
To undergo fabrication or manufacture
This wool makes up into a warm shawl.
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Make
The style or manner in which a thing is made
Disliked the make of my coat.
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Make
A specific line of manufactured goods, identified by the manufacturer's name or the registered trademark
A famous make of shirt.
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Make
The physical or moral nature of a person
Found out what make of man he was.
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Make
The physical nature or build of an animal or person
A horse of a beautiful make.
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Make
(Slang) Identification of a person or thing, often from information in police records
Did you get a make on the thief?.
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Make
To build, construct, produce, or originate.
We made a bird feeder for our yard.
I'll make a man out of him yet.
He makes deodorants.
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Make
To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
Make war
They were just a bunch of ne'er-do-wells who went around making trouble for honest men.
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Make
(religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
God made earth and heaven.
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Make
(transitive) To prepare (food); to cook (food).
I'm making cereal for breakfast. Who wants some?
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Make
To behave, to act.
To make like a deer caught in the headlights.
They made nice together, as if their fight never happened.
He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.
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Make
(intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
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Make
To constitute.
They make a cute couple.
This makes the third infraction.
One swallow does not a summer make.
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Make
To interpret.
I don’t know what to make of it.
They couldn't make anything of the inscription.
What time do you make it?
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Make
To bring into success.
This company is what made you.
She married into wealth and so has it made.
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Make
To cause to be.
The citizens made their objections clear.
This might make you a bit woozy.
Did I make myself heard?
Scotch will make you a man.
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Make
To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
Homer makes Aphrodite the daughter of Zeus, unlike Hesiod who depicted her as born from the sea foam.
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Make
To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
You're making her cry.
I was made to feel like a criminal.
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Make
To force to do.
The teacher made the student study.
Don’t let them make you suffer.
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Make
To indicate or suggest to be.
His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.
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Make
To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.
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Make
To proceed (in a direction).
They made westward over the snowy mountains.
Make for the hills! It's a wildfire!
They made away from the fire toward the river.
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Make
(transitive) To move at (a speed).
The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.
This baby can make 220 miles an hour.
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Make
(transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
They hope to make a bigger profit.
He didn't make the choir after his voice changed.
She made ten points in that game.
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Make
(transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
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Make
(intransitive) To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.
In the end, my class didn't make, which left me with a bit of free time.
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Make
(obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
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Make
Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
The camera was of German make.
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Make
(dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
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Make
(computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
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Make
(slang) Identification or recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.
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Make
(cards) Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.
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Make
An agricultural tool resembling a scythe, used to cut (harvest) certain plants such as peas, reeds, or tares.
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Make
A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.
For in this world no woman isWorthy to be my make.
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Make
Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form.
It our perfection of so frail a makeAs every plot can undermine and shake?
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Make
To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create.
He . . . fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf.
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Make
To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; - often with up; as, to make up a story.
And Art, with her contending, doth aspireTo excel the natural with made delights.
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Make
To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast.
Who made thee a prince and a judge over us?
See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh.
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Make
To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; - often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc.
Call for Samson, that he may make us sport.
Wealth maketh many friends.
I will neither plead my age nor sickness in excuse of the faults which I have made.
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Make
To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.
He is not that goose and ass that Valla would make him.
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Make
To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.
He accuseth Neptune unjustly who makes shipwreck a second time.
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Make
To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; - followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.
I will make them hear my words.
They should be made to rise at their early hour.
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Make
To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day.
Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown.
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Make
To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing.
And old cloak makes a new jerkin.
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Make
To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to; as, a pound of ham makes a hearty meal.
The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea,Make but one temple for the Deity.
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Make
To be engaged or concerned in.
Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs?
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Make
To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of.
They that sail in the middle can make no land of either side.
If a child were crooked or deformed in body or mind, they made him away.
Make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out at the casement.
He was all made up of love and charms!
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Make
To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; - often in the phrase to meddle or make.
A scurvy, jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make.
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Make
To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.
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Make
To tend; to contribute; to have effect; - with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage.
Follow after the things which make for peace.
Considerations infiniteDo make against it.
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Make
To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
To solace him some time, as I do when I make.
Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled.
My lord of London maketh as though he were greatly displeased with me.
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Make
A recognizable kind;
There's a new brand of hero in the movies now
What make of car is that?
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Make
Engage in;
Make love, not war
Make an effort
Do research
Do nothing
Make revolution
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Make
Give certain properties to something;
Get someone mad
She made us look silly
He made a fool of himself at the meeting
Don't make this into a big deal
This invention will make you a millionaire
Make yourself clear
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Make
Make or cause to be or to become;
Make a mess in one's office
Create a furor
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Make
Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;
The ads induced me to buy a VCR
My children finally got me to buy a computer
My wife made me buy a new sofa
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Make
Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally;
Cause a commotion
Make a stir
Cause an accident
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Make
Create or manufacture a man-made product;
We produce more cars than we can sell
The company has been making toys for two centuries
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Make
Make, formulate, or derive in the mind;
I draw a line here
Draw a conclusion
Draw parallels
Make an estimate
What do you make of his remarks?
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Make
Compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way;
People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!
Heat makes you sweat
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Make
Create by artistic means;
Create a poem
Schoenberg created twelve-tone music
Picasso created Cubism
Auden made verses
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Make
Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages;
How much do you make a month in your new job?
She earns a lot in her new job
This merger brought in lots of money
He clears $5,000 each month
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Make
Create or design, often in a certain way;
Do my room in blue
I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest
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Make
To compose or represent:
This wall forms the background of the stage setting
The branches made a roof
This makes a fine introduction
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Make
Reach a goal, e.g.,
Make the first team
We made it!
She may not make the grade
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Make
Be or be capable of being changed or made into;
He makes a great host
He will make a fine father
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Make
Make by shaping or bringing together constituents;
Make a dress
Make a cake
Make a wall of stones
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Make
Perform or carry out;
Make a decision
Make a move
Make advances
Make a phone call
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Make
Make by combining materials and parts;
This little pig made his house out of straw
Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer
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Make
Change from one form into another;
Make water into wine
Make lead into gold
Make clay into bricks
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Make
Charge with a function; charge to be;
She was named Head of the Committee
She was made president of the club
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Make
Achieve a point or goal;
Nicklaus had a 70
The Brazilian team got 4 goals
She made 29 points that day
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Make
Reach a destination, either real or abstract;
We hit Detroit by noon
The water reached the doorstep
We barely made it to the finish line
I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts
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Make
Form by assembling individuals or constituents;
Make a quorum
The branches made a roof
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Make
Organize or be responsible for;
Hold a reception
Have, throw, or make a party
Give a course
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Make
Prepare for eating by applying heat;
Cook me dinner, please
Can you make me an omelette?
Fix breakfast for the guests, please
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Make
Head into a specified direction;
The escaped convict took to the hills
We made for the mountains
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Make
Amount to;
This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living
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Make
Appear to begin an activity;
He made to speak but said nothing i the end
She made a if to say hello to us
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Make
Proceed along a path;
Work one's way through the crowd
Make one's way into the forest
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Make
Induce to have sex;
Harry finally seduced Sally
Did you score last night?
Harry made Sally
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Make
Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like;
She makes like an actress
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FAQs
Is Made often used in passive constructions?
Yes, Made is commonly used in passive voice.
Janet White
Sep 18, 2023
Can Made be used in present tense?
No, Made is strictly past tense or a past participle.
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Is Make used in passive voice?
Make is typically used in active voice, though it can be used in passive voice as well.
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Sep 18, 2023
Does Made always need a time reference?
Most often, Made requires some time reference to indicate when the action occurred.
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Sep 18, 2023
Does Make require a time reference?
Make does not necessarily require a time reference.
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What type of sentences often use Made?
Made is commonly used in sentences that describe completed actions.
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Can Made be used to describe future actions?
No, Made is not used to describe future actions.
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Sep 18, 2023
What is Make?
Make is a verb that refers to the act of creating, producing, or forming something.
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Can Made and Make be part of phrasal verbs?
Yes, both Made and Make are used in various phrasal verbs.
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Sep 18, 2023
What type of sentences often use Make?
Make is often used in sentences describing ongoing or future actions.
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Sep 18, 2023
What is a synonym for Make?
Create, produce, and construct are synonyms for Make.
Aimie Carlson
Sep 18, 2023
Can Make be used to describe completed actions?
No, for completed actions, the word Made is used.
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Sep 18, 2023
What is a synonym for Made?
Created, produced, and crafted are synonyms for Made.
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Sep 18, 2023
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