"make it so" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Originally an imperative phrase used by British naval officers as a command, dating from no later than the Napoleonic Wars, and perhaps earlier. Popularized as the catchphrase of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makes it so",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "making it so",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made it so",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made it so",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "make<,,made> it so"
      },
      "expansion": "make it so (third-person singular simple present makes it so, present participle making it so, simple past and past participle made it so)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English catchphrases",
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Star Trek",
          "orig": "en:Star Trek",
          "parents": [
            "American fiction",
            "Film",
            "Science fiction",
            "Television",
            "Fiction",
            "United States",
            "Entertainment",
            "Mass media",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Broadcasting",
            "Artistic works",
            "Countries",
            "Countries in North America",
            "Culture",
            "Media",
            "Genres",
            "Telecommunications",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1832, Frederick Marryat, Newton Forster or, the Merchant Service, page 74:",
          "text": "\"It's twelve o'clock, sir\" said the master, touching his hat, with his quadrant in his hand. \"Make it so, and pipe to dinner.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "Riker: I suggest we beam a section aboard for analysis."
        },
        {
          "text": "Picard: Make it so, Number One!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause something to be the case, to cause something to happen."
      ],
      "id": "en-make_it_so-en-verb-LHROT-ua",
      "links": [
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause something to be the case, to cause something to happen."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Jean-Luc Picard",
        "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "make it so"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Originally an imperative phrase used by British naval officers as a command, dating from no later than the Napoleonic Wars, and perhaps earlier. Popularized as the catchphrase of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makes it so",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "making it so",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made it so",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made it so",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "make<,,made> it so"
      },
      "expansion": "make it so (third-person singular simple present makes it so, present participle making it so, simple past and past participle made it so)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English catchphrases",
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        "en:Star Trek"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1832, Frederick Marryat, Newton Forster or, the Merchant Service, page 74:",
          "text": "\"It's twelve o'clock, sir\" said the master, touching his hat, with his quadrant in his hand. \"Make it so, and pipe to dinner.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "Riker: I suggest we beam a section aboard for analysis."
        },
        {
          "text": "Picard: Make it so, Number One!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause something to be the case, to cause something to happen."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause something to be the case, to cause something to happen."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Jean-Luc Picard",
        "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "make it so"
}