"make the best of" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makes the best of",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "making the best of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made the best of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made the best of",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "make<,,made> the best of"
      },
      "expansion": "make the best of (third-person singular simple present makes the best of, present participle making the best of, simple past and past participle made the best of)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Green Day (lyrics and music), “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)”, in Nimrod, Reprise Records",
          "text": "So make the best of this test and don't ask why\nIt's not a question, but a lesson learned in time",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to derive what limited advantage one can (from an unpleasant outcome or situation)"
      ],
      "id": "en-make_the_best_of-en-verb-P2F52PDw",
      "links": [
        [
          "derive",
          "derive"
        ],
        [
          "limited",
          "limited"
        ],
        [
          "advantage",
          "advantage"
        ],
        [
          "unpleasant",
          "unpleasant"
        ],
        [
          "outcome",
          "outcome"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to derive what limited advantage one can (from an unpleasant outcome or situation)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to use (a resource) as well as possible; to be resourceful"
      ],
      "id": "en-make_the_best_of-en-verb-Tc1m2A82",
      "links": [
        [
          "resourceful",
          "resourceful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to use (a resource) as well as possible; to be resourceful"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "make the best of"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makes the best of",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "making the best of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made the best of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made the best of",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "make<,,made> the best of"
      },
      "expansion": "make the best of (third-person singular simple present makes the best of, present participle making the best of, simple past and past participle made the best of)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Green Day (lyrics and music), “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)”, in Nimrod, Reprise Records",
          "text": "So make the best of this test and don't ask why\nIt's not a question, but a lesson learned in time",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to derive what limited advantage one can (from an unpleasant outcome or situation)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derive",
          "derive"
        ],
        [
          "limited",
          "limited"
        ],
        [
          "advantage",
          "advantage"
        ],
        [
          "unpleasant",
          "unpleasant"
        ],
        [
          "outcome",
          "outcome"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to derive what limited advantage one can (from an unpleasant outcome or situation)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to use (a resource) as well as possible; to be resourceful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "resourceful",
          "resourceful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to use (a resource) as well as possible; to be resourceful"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "make the best of"
}