Make and Select

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Make verb - To bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials.

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Select is a synonym for make in appoint topic. In some cases you can use "Select" instead a verb "Make", when it comes to topics like designate.

Nearby Words: makeup, making, maker

Select verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

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Make is a synonym for select in pick out topic. Sometimes you can use "Make" instead a verb "Select".

character	make character	select character
move	make move	select move
choice	make choice	select choice
name	make name	select name
Other words: way, game, weapons, choices.

Microsoft did everything it could to try and make it successful and apparently decided it was more efficient to distribute it to select reviewers from Live instead of just mailing copies.

Source: Genre Blindness aka: Genre Blind
Two of them are incorrect answers; you can't select "Jump to the ship," because Reika will not make it.

Source: Yet Another Stupid Death
The AI will even select dice that make it physically impossible for the AI to summon a monster.

Source: Artificial Stupidity / Other Games

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Make & Select. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/make/select>.

Select or Make. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/make/select.

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