make out
/meɪk aʊt/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.90 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Cheques may be made out to the Foo Bar Company."
- "The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee."
- "In the distance, I could just make out a shadowy figure."
- "Though nothing of the vault except the roof was visible from where I lay, and so I could not see these visitors, yet I heard every word spoken, and soon made out one voice as being Master Ratsey's."
- "There was a startling lack of creativity and if Van Gaal had listened closely he would have made out the mocking chants from the away end, as the visiting fans embarked on the repertoire of songs that formed the soundtrack to David Moyes’s time in the job."
- "Oh, you were on a TV game show? How did you make out?"
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /meɪk aʊt/
- British English: /meɪk aʊt/
Usage
- Transitive verb
- Obsolete
- American usage
- Intransitive verb
- Slang