MAKE FOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does make for mean? 

• MAKE FOR (verb)
  The verb MAKE FOR has 1 sense:

1. cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

  Familiarity information: MAKE FOR used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAKE FOR (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

bring; make for; play; work; wreak

Context example:

The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area

Hypernyms (to "make for" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Verb group:

act; work (have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

“I was sure she would ride well,” said Julia; “she has the make for it. Her figure is as neat as her brother's.”

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

As you certainly would be, in any contract you should make for yourself.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

There are trees and to spare over yonder, but we have scarce leisure to make for them.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the midst of it the Prince took his departure, which was the signal for the greater part of the company to make for the door.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

To be obedient to them was to escape hurt and make for happiness.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

“I guess the very best case I can make for myself is the absolute naked truth.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I make for the wicket leading to the shrubbery, and I see Mr. Rochester entering.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

They'll make for the camp as sure as fate.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On the first page there were only some scraps of writing, such as a man with a pen in his hand might make for idleness or practice.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

My dearest Catherine, I received your two kind letters with the greatest delight, and have a thousand apologies to make for not answering them sooner.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)