to make someone laugh
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1.0
- phrasal verb
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hacer reír
- His jokes always make me laugh when I'm feeling down.
- make people laugh
- make others laugh
- able to make people laugh
I think when you make someone laugh at something, it seems like it's OK.
- I think when you make someone laugh at something, it seems like it's OK.
- Humor is not just a simple way to make someone laugh.
- If you want to make anyone laugh, just type in mail like a well placed spontaneous moan.
Examples
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They were a bunch of people who loved trouping around together and making people laugh, making one another laugh.
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No one will ever be able to make me laugh like him.
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Yeah, it always makes me laugh, actually.
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Hey, man, stop making me laugh.
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You got a lot to learn, but you make me laugh.
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Maybe I should keep you around just to make me laugh.
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It's the kind of thing her father would have said to make her laugh.
Fiction book (1992) -
He says he just wants to make people laugh.
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You make me laugh.
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The old postcard from the twenties made him laugh and broke his sour mood.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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1.0
To say or do something to make people laugh
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1.4
To make someone laugh or enjoy themselves
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2.9
Tell a joke to make people laugh
To make someone laugh or feel amused
Make someone laugh a lot so they cannot stop
Antonyms
How Amused
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to cause someone to feel amused' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'make' (to cause) with 'someone' (a person) and 'laugh' (to produce laughter). This causative composition is a regular, cross-linguistically common pattern in English, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Make someone laugh gives a simple picture: one person (someone) does or says something funny (make) and the other person laughs. That's why it means 'to cause someone to feel amused or to laugh'.