A collocation is a pair or group of two or more words that are commonly used together in English.
Here is the list of common collocations with Make that you should learn.
Learn collocations with MAKE
| Make a break for | Make a be |
| Make a cake | Make a call |
| Make a choice | Make a comment |
| Make a complaint | Make a confession |
| Make a contract | Make a cup of tea |
| Make a deal | Make a decision |
| Make a difference | Make a discovery |
| Make a dress | Make a fire |
| Make a fool of yourself | Make a fortune |
| Make a fuss | Make a habit |
| Make a joke | Make a list |
| Make a living | Make a mess |
| Make a mistake | Make a move |
| Make a note (of) | Make a pass at |
| Make a phone call | Make a point |
| Make a prediction | Make a presentation |
| Make a profit | Make a promise |
| Make a recovery | Make a reservation |
| Make a rude gesture | Make a salad |
| Make a sales call | Make a sandwich |
| Make a snack | Make a sound |
| Make a speech | Make a statement |
| Make a suggestion | Make a takeover bid |
| Make a threat | Make amends |
| Make an agreement | Make an allusion |
| Make an appearance | Make an appointment |
| Make an arrangement | Make an attempt |
| Make an effort | Make an enquiry |
| Make an exception | Make an excuse |
| Make an impression | Make an objection |
| Make an observation | Make an offer |
| Make an arrangement | Make believe |
| Make breakfast | Make changes |
| Make coffee | Make contact |
| Make ends meet | Make food |
| Make friends | Make fun of someone |
| Make furniture | Make love |
| Make money | Make noise |
| Make peace | Make plans |
| Make progress | Make an effort |
| Make room | Make sense |
| Make someone angry | Make something easy |
| Make sure | Make the bed |
| Make time | Make tracks |
| Make trouble | Make up your mind |
| Make war | Make your bed |
Examples of Collocations with Make
Make a cake
- Don’t scant the butter when you make a cake.
Make a choice
- She should make a right choice.
Make a decision
- Have you made a decision yet?
Make a fortune
- I could make a fortune as a research consultant on these projects.
Make a mess
- She didn’t like to make a mess.
Make a mistake
- It’s easy to make a mistake.
Make a mistake
- It’s easy to make a mistake.
Make a noise
- He knows how to make a noise and claim police harassment.
Make a phone call
- It’s easy to make a mistake.
Make a point
- Mark made some good points in his presentation, we should consider his project.
Make a profit
- We can’t undertake that you will make a profit.
Make a request
- You must be given an answer within 40 calendar days of making a request.
Make a sound
- Everyone laughed when I failed to make a sound.
Make a suggestion
- I tried to make a suggestion but she snubbed me.
Make a wish
- Blow out the candles and make a wish.
Make an appointment
- I’d like to make an appointment with Doctor Evans, please.
Make an attempt
- Belatedly, I make an attempt to steer the interview back on course.
Make an effort
- We need to make an effort to do well in this competition.
Make an exception
- I thought I’d make an exception for family.
Make an excuse
- I suppose I could make an excuse.
Make an offer
- I’ve decided to make an offer on it.
Make breakfast
- I’m making breakfast, it’ll be ready in about ten minutes.
Make changes
- We need to make some changes to the schedule.
Make charge
- He is in charge of the municipal housing project.
Make dinner
- Alex took them all to dinner to celebrate the birth.
Make friends
- They made friends with the children next door.
Make fun of somebody
- A lot of the comedy now is about making fun of someone.
Make furniture
- In their spare time, they make furniture.
Make lunch
- We make lunch. Now they make lunch for a living.
Make money
- Jennifer makes enough money to pay her rent and bills.
Make plans
- We’re making plans to travel to Australia next year.
Make progress
- We will just be looking to make progress from last year.
Make room
- I had taken a big painting off the wall to make room.
Make the bed
- I make the bed in my bedroom everyday.
Make trouble
- He could make trouble for me if he wanted to.
