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From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  make out
       v 1: detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked
            out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I
            can't make out the faces in this photograph" [syn: recognize,
             recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, tell
            apart]
       2: make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket";
          "Please make the check out to me" [syn: write out, issue,
           cut]
       3: comprehend; "I cannot make out what this politician is
          saying"
       4: proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?";
          "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a
          long way" [syn: do, fare, come, get along]
       5: come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just
          a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread
          every day" [syn: cope, get by, make do, contend, grapple,
           deal, manage]
       6: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with
          everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever
          intimate with this man?" [syn: roll in the hay, love,
          make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know,
           do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away,
           have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie
          with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk]
       7: kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion; "The couple
          were necking in the back seat of the car" [syn: neck]
       8: write all the required information onto a form; "fill out
          this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form" [syn: complete,
           fill out, fill in]
       9: imply or suggest; "Your remarks make me out to be stupid"
       10: try to establish; "She made out that she know nothing about
           the crime"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  make out
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 (ετικ αργκό αμτβ αμερ Αγγλικά) φασώνομαι
     2 ξεχωρίζω, βγάζω, καταφέρνω να δω κάποιον ή κάτι ή να διαβάσω ή να
  ακούσω κάτι
     3 περνάω, βγάζω, λέω ότι κάτι είναι αληθινό όταν μπορεί να μην είναι

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  make out
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a
  cheque) (m en to) a given recipient, payee. (from 15th c.)
     2 (lb en obsolete transitive) To send out. (16th–17th c.)
     3 (lb en transitive) To discern; to manage to see, hear etc. (from
  16th c.)
     4 (lb en now chiefly US regional intransitive) To manage, get along;
  to do (well, badly etc.). (from 17th c.)
     5 (lb en transitive intransitive) To represent; to make (something)
  appear to be true. (from 17th c.)
     6 (lb en slang chiefly US intransitive) To embrace and kiss
  passionately. (from 20th c.)
     7 (lb en slang chiefly US intransitive) To engage in heavy petting or
  sexual intercourse. (from 20th c.)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  make out
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a
  cheque) (m en to) a given recipient, payee. (from 15th c.)
     2 (lb en obsolete transitive) To send out. (16th–17th c.)
     3 (lb en transitive) To discern; to manage to see, hear etc. (from
  16th c.)
     4 (lb en now chiefly US regional intransitive) To manage, get along;
  to do (well, badly etc.). (from 17th c.)
     5 (lb en transitive intransitive) To represent; to make (something)
  appear to be true. (from 17th c.)
     6 (lb en slang chiefly US intransitive) To embrace and kiss
  passionately. (from 20th c.)
     7 (lb en slang chiefly US intransitive) To engage in heavy petting or
  sexual intercourse. (from 20th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  make out
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a
  cheque) (m en to) a given recipient, payee. (from 15th c.)
     2 (lb en obsolete transitive) To send out. (16th–17th c.)
     3 (lb en transitive) To discern; to manage to see, hear etc. (from
  16th c.)
     4 (lb en now chiefly US regional intransitive) To manage, get along;
  to do (well, badly etc.). (from 17th c.)
     5 (lb en transitive intransitive) To represent; to make (something)
  appear to be true. (from 17th c.)
     6 (lb en slang chiefly US intransitive) To embrace and kiss
  passionately. (from 20th c.)
     7 (lb en slang chiefly US intransitive) To engage in heavy petting or
  sexual intercourse. (from 20th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  make out
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a
  cheque) (m en to) a given recipient, payee. (from 15th c.)
     2 (lb en obsolete transitive) To send out. (16th–17th c.)
     3 (lb en transitive) To discern; to manage to see, hear etc. (from
  16th c.)
     4 (lb en now chiefly US regional intransitive) To manage, get along;
  to do (well, badly etc.). (from 17th c.)
     5 (lb en transitive intransitive) To represent; to make (something)
  appear to be true. (from 17th c.)
     6 (lb en slang chiefly US intransitive) To embrace and kiss
  passionately. (from 20th c.)
     7 (lb en slang chiefly US intransitive) To engage in heavy petting or
  sexual intercourse. (from 20th c.)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  make out
     Englanti vb.
     1 kirjoittaa šekki määrätylle saajalle; täyttää lomake
     2 onnistua saamaan selville; saada selvää
     3 esittää jonkin kaltaisena; antaa ymmärtää
     4 olla tekevinään jotain, teeskennellä jotakin
     5 muhinoida
     6 tulla toimeen, pärjätä

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  make out //meɪk aʊt// //meɪk æɔt// //meɪk æʊt// //meɪk ɘʉt// //meɪk ʌʊt// 
  1. разбирам
  to discern
  2. справям се
  to manage, get along
  3. доказвам
  to represent as being true
  4. изпращам
  to send out