to make time
45
3.5
- phrasal verb
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sacar tiempo para
- It's important to make time for family, even when you're busy.
- teachers make time
He still made time to be a good dad to me.
- He still made time to be a good dad to me.
- It means that you need to make time to have those conversations.
- I now make time like before the project would end.
- Yeah, we will not stop overreacting until we make time to process to stop overreacting.
- I'm so glad that you could make time to to cross the Atlantic and join us.
- So make time and figure out how you can create that morning routine.
- And you said you must make time for books and movies, make time to not work, make time to not work, whatever that looks like to you.
- If it's going to the gym, if it's playing with the kids, if it's, you know, whatever it is, make time to do what you love and you will be happier.
- And although most of us, I think, have our Christmas shopping done at this point, we still make time to do that special day every single year.
- Then later on, right now that you've written down what that sensation is, you're going to make time in your calendar to think about that sensation.
- All right, so couple more keys for y'all for the independent woman to improve her dating that men would love is make sure you've made time to heal.
- And in that time I constantly make time for the things that matter.
Examples
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During the week, it was difficult to make time for the morning prayers, let alone the afternoon and evening ones.
Fiction book (2000) -
Even if you're really busy at work or school, always make time for the doctor's appointments.
Blog text (10) -
We can all make time to give someone a hand.
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So nice that you could make time for our little award.
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Yeah, well, you make time for the important things.
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I will make time for that.
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If a writing career is really important to you, you will make time to write.
Academic text (2010) -
Happy people are just prioritizing and making time to do the little things that make them happy.
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I vow to make an effort to make time for me, just for me.
Blog text (13) -
It means that you need to make time to have those conversations.
Synonyms
24
3.0
Find time to do something even when busy
Antonyms
728
1.6
To spend time doing things that are not useful instead of doing something more useful
How Much Time
87
3.4
45
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to find or allocate time' is directly and compositionally derived from 'make' (to create/arrange) plus 'time' (a span available), so a learner who knows both words can infer the sense. This is a common verb+noun collocation that follows normal English composition and has close parallels in other languages, making it readily comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Make time paints a simple picture: you make a small space in a busy day to free up time, like moving other tasks aside to create room. So, it means 'to find or create time for something important'.