phrasal verb (verb + of) · neutral
make of
/meɪk əv/MAKE·of
speakingtask2
to form an opinion about something or someone
Examples
“What do you make of his comments at the meeting?”
“I don't know what to make of the survey results; they seem contradictory.”
“She made little of the warning and was surprised when problems followed.”
Band 8 sentence
“It's hard to know what to make of the survey — the qualitative feedback contradicts the numbers.”
Collocations
- What do you make of + noun/clause?
Word family
make verbof preposition
Common mistakes
What do you make about this?→What do you make of this?
I don't know what to make with it.→I don't know what to make of it.
Say it for a higher band
5think of→6have an opinion about→7+make of
Synonyms
think of
Easily confused
think of
“What do you think of her new book?”
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