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The correct spelling is makes.
How to pronounce makes
/meɪks/
nounIPA: /meɪks/
Say it like: Mak-es
The correct spelling is makes. Brand or kind; model. For example: "What make of car do you drive?"
Usage Examples
“What make of car do you drive?”
“The camera was of German make.”
“He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Brand or kind; model.
- 2.Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made); form.
- 3.Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
- 4.A person's character or disposition.
- 5.The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
verb
- 1.To create.
- 2.To behave, to act.
- 3.To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
- 4.To constitute.
- 5.To add up to, have a sum of.
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