make out
pronunciation
How to pronounce make out in British English:
UK [meɪk aʊt]
How to pronounce make out in American English:
US [meɪk aʊt]
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- Verb:
- detect with the senses
- make out and issue
- comprehend
- proceed or get along
- come to terms or deal successfully with
- have sexual intercourse with
- kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
- write all the required information onto a form
- imply or suggest
- try to establish
Example
- 1. Can you make out what this means ?
- 2. Asthe camera zoomed in I could make out what looked like glowing gas .
- 3. Could you make out a theft report ?
- 4. In the immense friezes of tuscan churches I make out crowds of angels their fea tures scarcely traced but in each mute and passionate face I recognize a solitude .
- 5. Navy researchers tried to develop a pill that would allow troops to see in the dark or at least make out flashes of infrared that could be used to send secret messages .
- 6. I cannot make out why he came home so late .
- 7. Can we make out now ?
- 8. I can 't make out anything the words are too light .
- 9. In experiments where college undergraduates were told the name of a letter before that letter was flashed at them for just 53 milliseconds - images that were hard to make out and followed by a grainy pattern - hearing the name of the letter
- 10. Please make out a check .