(v. t.) To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand.
(n.) A sign made without words; a beck.
Example Sentences:
(1) It won't be worth putting away his travel bags after returning from Perth as the G20 summit in Cannes, France, beckons.
(2) Alex Turner has already set about ingratiating himself with the 2013 festival by guesting with his erstwhile partner in the Last Shadow Puppets, Miles Kane, earlier this afternoon, but as he takes to the Pyramid Stage for the Monkeys' headline slot, piling straight into the bluesy electronic throbs of new single Do I Wanna Know in a sharp striped suit and teddy quiff and throwing the odd karate beckoning motion, there's a real sense of points to be proved.
(3) It's as well to be aware of the beckoning avenues of justification that are drawing in so many of our erstwhile comrades.
(4) With Ukip's clear "in-out" referendum pledge snapping at his heels and devastation beckoning at this year's European elections, Cameron needs a form of words that honours his quest for European reform while calming his party.
(5) An impossibly tall ladder to a higher roof beckons and Prekrasnyy clambers up without hesitation.
(6) Basketball beckons That was until a new sport found him.
(7) Hollywood frequently beckoned from as early as the late 1940s and Darryl Zanuck on seeing a Scofield screen test declared: "That actor!
(8) The booming Bollywood music beckoned a stream of families, wearing ornate saris and sharp kurtas, fragrant plates of samosa chaat in hand, toward the stage, replete with an extravagant display of lights and visuals.
(9) With a growing following for MacFarlane's singing, though, a different path is beckoning.
(10) British governments are repeatedly warned, not least by the parliamentary intelligence and security committee, that foreign adventures beckon retaliation at home.
(11) Seeing as Advocaat’s team are unlikely to be able to conjure similar foot-flat-to-the-floor performances on a weekly basis, the Championship surely beckons unless the squad is further reinforced within the coming week.
(12) These are the features of a field whose time has come and which beckons further research to clarify these issues.
(13) Yet as technology progresses and prices drop, the bionic age appears to be beckoning.
(14) Fallujans are suspicious of outsiders, so I found it surprising when Nihida Kadhim, a housewife, beckoned me into her home.
(15) Newcastle United’s manager remains in desperate need of a striker and has made it clear that, if a reliable scorer – or preferably two – fails to arrive on Tyneside this month, relegation could beckon.
(16) This week I saw a hilarious clip of Trump beckoning Farage out of a crowd – a bit like Courteney Cox in the Dancing in the Dark video – and Farage telling him obsequiously he was “handing over the mantle”.
(17) With defending as mutually muddled as this and both teams possessing the players to exploit such mistakes, an entertaining evening of trading goals beckoned as each side's creative talents found room to express themselves.
(18) The interval beckoned when Heurelho Gomes made his first save, Watford’s goalkeeper repelling Florian Thauvin’s stinging first-time shot.
(19) In a move indicative of the tensions between Athens and its creditors, Bild, the mass-selling German daily, poured scorn on the handout, saying: “Mr Tsipras has violated the agreements of the bailout programme .” In recent weeks Greek-German ties have become increasingly strained, with Berlin’s powerful finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, reminding Athens repeatedly that Grexit, or exit from the eurozone, would beckon if it did not stick to the rules, implement reforms and attain tough fiscal targets.
(20) It sits atop the highest of the hills that help define the city centre and each day it beckons its citizens to pop up and say hello.
Make
Definition:
(n.) A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.
(v. t.) To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create.
(v. t.) To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form; to construct; to fabricate.
(v. t.) To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story.
(v. t.) To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc.
(v. t.) To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.
(v. t.) To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an error; to make a loss; to make money.
(v. t.) To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day.
(v. t.) To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive.
(v. t.) To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast.
(v. t.) To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.
(v. t.) To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.
(v. t.) To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing.
(v. t.) To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to.
(v. t.) To be engaged or concerned in.
(v. t.) To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of.
(v. i.) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; -- often in the phrase to meddle or make.
(v. i.) To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.
(v. i.) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage.
(v. i.) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
(v. i.) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
(n.) Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction; shape; form.
Example Sentences:
(1) We used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify the breakpoint area of alpha-thalassemia-1 of Southeast Asia type and several parts of the alpha-globin gene cluster to make a differential diagnosis between alpha-thalassemia-1 and Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis.
(2) Unfortunately, due to confidentiality clauses that have been imposed on us by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, we are unable to provide our full names and … titles … However, we believe the evidence that will be submitted will validate the statements that we are making in this submission.” The submission detailed specific allegations – including names and dates – of sexual abuse of child detainees, violence and bullying of children, suicide attempts by children and medical neglect.
(3) Which means Seattle can't give Jones room to make 13-yard catches as they just did.
(4) Simplicity, high capacity, low cost and label stability, combined with relatively high clinical sensitivity make the method suitable for cost effective screening of large numbers of samples.
(5) I want to get some good insight before I make my decision,” said Hiddink.
(6) In this study, the role of psychological make-up was assessed as a risk factor in the etiology of vasospasm in variant angina (VA) using the Cornell Medical Index (CMI).
(7) But when he speaks, the crowds who have come together to make a stand against government corruption and soaring fuel prices cheer wildly.
(8) Schneiderlin, valued at an improbable £27m, and the currently injured Jay Rodriguez are wanted by their former manager Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, but the chairman Ralph Krueger has apparently called a halt to any more outgoings, saying: “They are part of the core that we have decided to keep at Southampton.” He added: “Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are not for sale and they will be a part of our club as we enter the new season.” The new manager Ronald Koeman has begun rebuilding by bringing in Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pellè from the Dutch league and Krueger said: “We will have players coming in, we will make transfers to strengthen the squad.
(9) A spokesman for the Greens said that the party was “disappointed” with the decision and would be making representations to both the BBC and BBC Trust .
(10) The way we are going to pay for that is by making the rules the same for people who go into care homes as for people who get care at their home, and by means-testing the winter fuel payment, which currently isn’t.” Hunt said the plan showed the Conservatives were capable of making difficult choices.
(11) Family therapists have attempted to convert the acting-out behavioral disorders into an effective state, i.e., make the family aware of their feelings of deprivation by focusing on the aggressive component.
(12) In many cases, physicians seek to protect themselves from involvement with these difficult, highly anxious patients by making a referral to a psychiatrist.
(13) The evidence suggests that by the age of 15 years many adolescents show a reliable level of competence in metacognitive understanding of decision-making, creative problem-solving, correctness of choice, and commitment to a course of action.
(14) However, used effectively, credit can help you to make the most of your money - so long as you are careful!
(15) When you have been out for a month you need to prepare properly before you come back.” Pellegrini will make his own assessment of Kompany’s fitness before deciding whether to play him in the Bournemouth game, which he is careful to stress may not be the foregone conclusion the league table might suggest.
(16) No correlation between volatile make up and geography was found, but the profiling procedures are shown to be of use in the forensic problem of relating samples to a common source.
(17) However, none of the nerve terminals making synaptic contacts with glomus cells exhibited SP-like immunoreactivity.
(18) A dedicated goal makes a big difference in mobilising action and resources.
(19) It’s as though the nation is in the grip of an hysteria that would make Joseph McCarthy proud.
(20) The triad of epigastric pain unrelieved by antacids, bilious vomiting, and weight loss, particularly after a gastric operation should make one suspect this syndrome.