MAKE OUT


Meaning of MAKE OUT in English

Function: transitive verb

Date: 15th century

1 : to complete (as a printed form) by supplying required information < make out a check>

2 : to find or grasp the meaning of <tried to make out what had really happened>

3 : to form an opinion or idea about : CONCLUDE <how do you make that out >

4 a : to represent as being < made them out to be losers> b : to pretend to be true < made out that he had never heard of me>

5 : to represent or delineate in detail

6 : to see and identify with difficulty or effort : DISCERN < make out a ship through the fog>

intransitive verb

1 : GET ALONG , FARE <how are you making out with the new job>

2 a : to engage in sexual intercourse b : NECK 1

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.