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maker

[ mey-ker ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that makes.
  2. a manufacturer (used in combination):

    a drugmaker; a garmentmaker.

  3. (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who has the hobby of creating tangible physical products, especially do-it-yourself technology and engineering projects or handmade crafts (often used attributively): The maker movement fosters hands-on creativity in a sedentary world of passive entertainment options.

    Makers came together at the convention to collaborate with each other and show off their completed products.

    The maker movement fosters hands-on creativity in a sedentary world of passive entertainment options.

  4. (initial capital letter) God.
  5. the party executing a legal instrument, especially a promissory note.
  6. Cards. the player who first names the successful bid.
  7. Archaic. a poet.


Maker

1

/ ˈ³¾±ðɪ°ìÉ™ /

noun

  1. a title given to God
  2. go to meet one's Maker or meet one's Maker
    to die
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

maker

2

/ ˈ³¾±ðɪ°ìÉ™ /

noun

  1. a person who makes (something); fabricator; constructor
  2. a person who executes a legal document, esp one who signs a promissory note
  3. archaic.
    a poet Also called (esp Scot)makar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of maker1

First recorded 1300–50; Middle English; make 1, -er 1
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. go to / meet one's Maker, to die.
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Example Sentences

Because of their complex supply chains and the often life saving products they make, pharmaceutical companies along with microchip makers were temporarily exempted from the tariffs imposed on all products imported into the US.

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Already, many producers are turning their sights beyond established customers – think whisky makers looking towards Asia.

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The government has promised to consult businesses affected by the changes, with makers of machinery equipment, medicines and chemicals, alongside carmakers, most likely to be affected.

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One upside: pharmaceuticals are exempt from reciprocal tariffs, a relief for India's generic drug makers.

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"Mr Caller is supposed to be acting in an advisory capacity. However, he has been acting as the principal decision maker."

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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