phrasal verb · neutral
make room for
UK/meɪk ˈruːm fɔː/US/meɪk ˈrum fɔr/make·ROOM·for
to create space for something or someone
Examples
“They removed the old machines to make room for new equipment.”
“We need to make room for more students in the classroom.”
“Urban planners made room for parks when redesigning the area.”
Band 8 sentence
“City officials decided to make room for affordable housing by converting disused commercial units.”
Collocations
- make room for a new development
- make room for additional students
Word family
Common mistakes
make space to→make room for
make room of→make room for
Say it for a higher band
5clear space→6make space for→7+make room for
Synonyms
clear space for
make way for
Easily confused
make way for
“The old buildings were demolished to make way for a shopping mall.”
clear space for
“They cleared space for the new shelves in the warehouse.”
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