"make of" meaning in English

See make of in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: makes of [present, singular, third-person], making of [participle, present], made of [participle, past], made of [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> of}} make of (third-person singular simple present makes of, present participle making of, simple past and past participle made of)
  1. To form an opinion about (someone or something); to appraise (a person, idea or situation). Translations (form an opinion about): 評價 (Chinese Mandarin), 评价 (píngjià) (Chinese Mandarin), 覺得怎麼樣 (Chinese Mandarin), 觉得怎么样 (juéde zěnmeyàng) (Chinese Mandarin), olla sitä mieltä (Finnish), tuumata (Finnish), gondol (Hungarian), vélekedik (Hungarian), achar de (Portuguese), оце́нивать (océnivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "olla sitä mieltä"
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