mardi 6 mai 2014

Notes on usage: Make

Do - Create - Develop - Produce - Generate - Form

 

These words all mean to make sth from parts or materials, or to cause sth to exist or happen.

 

Make to create or prepare sth by combining materials or putting parts together; to cause sth to exist or happen: She makes her own clothes. | She made a good impression on the interviewer.
Do (rather informal) to make or prepare sth, especially sth artistic or sth to eat: He did a beautiful drawing of a house. | Who’s doing the food for the party?
Create to make sth exist or happen, especially sth new that did not exist before: Scientists disagree about how the universe was created.
Develop (used especially in business contexts) to think of and produce a new product: To develop new software.
Produce to make things to be sold; to create sth using skill: A factory that produces microchips.
Generate to produce or create sth, especially power, money or ideas: To generate electricity. | Brainstorming is a good way of generating ideas.
Form [often passive] to make sth from sth else; to make sth into sth else: Rearrange the letters to form a new word. | The chain is formed from 136 links.

 

MAKE OR CREATE?
Make is a more general word and is more often used for physical things: You would usually make a table/dress/cake but create jobs/wealth. You can use create for sth physical in order to emphasize how original or unusual the object is: Try this new dish, created by our head chef.

 

PATTERNS
*to make/create/develop/produce/generate/form sth from/out of sth
*to make/form sth into sth
*to make/produce wine
*to create/develop a new product
*to create/produce/generate income/profits/wealth
*to produce/generate electricity/heat/power

 

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See also:

Common Phrasal Verbs Irregular Verbs List
Common Sentences Errors Frequently confused words
Common Clichés Thematic list of Idioms
Common misspellings Phrasal Verbs Particles list
Common Preposition Lista de Términos Gramaticales

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