made
produced by a manufacturing process
How often you will meet it
Rank 93 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 270,542 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.129% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- produced by a manufacturing process bought some made goods at the local store; rope and nails
- (of a bed) having the sheets and blankets set in order a neatly made bed
- successful or assured of success now I am a made man forever
made in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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And look at some who've made things.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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There was something about him which made other men seem like pygmies.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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It was not conscience that made me do so: it was a sort of cowardice.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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At the mouth of each creek the river made a great bend, and in the sweep of each were rich bottom lands.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1