made

/meid/

Thân thiện

I have made a delicious cake for the party.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Produced, constructed, or created: Refers to something that has been formed, manufactured, or brought into existence.
   • Assured of success: Describes a person whose success is certain or guaranteed.
   • Arranged or prepared: Indicates that something has been put in order or prepared in a specific way.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The toys are made of plastic. (The toys were produced or constructed from plastic.)
  • After that deal, he was a made man. (After that deal, his success was assured.)
  • Please sleep in the made bed. (Please sleep in the bed that has been arranged with sheets and blankets.)

Advanced Usage

• "to have it made": to be in a very favorable or successful situation.

  • With her new job, she really has it made. (Her new job puts her in a very successful position.)

• "made to order": custom-made or specially produced according to specific requirements.

  • He wears suits that are made to order. (His suits are custom-produced for him.)

Variants and Related Words

• Homemade (adj): made at home, rather than in a store or factory.

  • We ate homemade bread. (The bread was made in a home kitchen.)

• Man-made (adj): created by humans, not occurring naturally.

  • The lake is man-made. (The lake was created by human activity.)

• Newly-made (adj): recently produced or created.

  • The newly-made path was easy to follow. (The path was created very recently.)

Synonyms

• Manufactured: produced on a large scale using machinery.
• Constructed: built or formed by putting parts together.
• Fabricated: constructed or manufactured, especially from prepared components.

Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Made" is primarily an adjective or a verb form. Common phrasal verbs use "make," its base form.) - Made up (phrasal verb, past tense): invented or reconciled. - He made up a story. (He invented a story.) - They made up after the argument. (They reconciled after the argument.)

Related Idioms

• Made in the shade: in an easy, advantageous position.

  • Once you pass the final exam, you'll be made in the shade. (Passing the exam will put you in a very good position.)

• Made of money: very rich.

  • I can't buy a new car every year; I'm not made of money! (I am not extremely wealthy.)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. successful or assured of success
   • now I am a made man forever- Christopher Marlowe
2. (of a bed) having the sheets and blankets set in order
   • a neatly made bed
3. produced by a manufacturing process; rope and nails"
   • bought some made goods at the local store