make for
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make for
verb makes for · making for · made for
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To set out to go (somewhere); to move towards.
He makes for England, there to claim the crown.
Similar: head for
- To tend to produce or result in. It was such a day as one dreams about, with that pleasant warmth in the air that makes for indolent content.
- To identify; to connect. I don't agree, but they make him for a criminal.
- To confirm, favour, strengthen (an opinion, theory, etc.). Secondly, we will examine the Cœlestiall Phœnomena that make for the Copernican Hypothesis, as if it were to prove absolutely victorious; […]
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, for. I made this picture for my Dad.
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verb set out to go to, move towards
| Français | se diriger vers |
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| Deutsch | sich zusteuern auf, zustreben |
| Русский | направля́ться napravljátʹsja, напра́виться naprávitʹsja, устремля́ться ustremljátʹsja, устреми́ться ustremítʹsja, отправля́ться otpravljátʹsja, отпра́виться otprávitʹsja |
verb to tend to produce or result in
| Русский | спосо́бствовать sposóbstvovatʹ, соде́йствовать sodéjstvovatʹ, приводи́ть privodítʹ, обеспе́чивать obespéčivatʹ |
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@misc{make_for_2026,
title = {make for},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/make%20for},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
