made
pronunciation
How to pronounce made in British English:
UK [meɪd]
How to pronounce made in American English:
US [meɪd]
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- Adjective:
- produced by a manufacturing process
- (of a bed) having the sheets and blankets set in order
- successful or assured of success
Word Origin
- made (adj.)
- late 14c., from Middle English maked, from Old English macod "made," past participle of macian "to make" (see make). Made up "invented" is from 1789; of minds, "settled, decided," from 1873. To be a made man is in Marlowe's "Faust" (1590). To have it made (1955) is American English colloquial. Grose's dictionary of slang and cant (1785) has for this word what might be the shortest and most cynical definition ever penned: "MADE. Stolen. Cant."
Example
- 1. Meanwhile , high interest rates have made borrowing expensive .
- 2. Its funky functionality made it amazingly popular .
- 3. Why not use u.s. - made tea bags ?
- 4. That has made them poorer .
- 5. Two policies made him famous .