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make room for (메이크 **룸** 포)to create space for someone or something by moving other things or making adjustments

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to create space for someone or something by moving other things or making adjustments

Pronunciation (IPA): /meɪk ruːm fɔːr/

Korean meaning: 누군가나 무언가를 위해 자리를 만들다, 여유를 두다

Korean pronunciation: 메이크 **룸** 포

Example Sentences

  • My closet is so full that I can't make room for any new clothes!
  • The company decided to make room for younger employees by offering early retirement packages.
  • I had to make room for dessert by eating only half of my main course.

make room for

VERB

//meɪk ruːm fɔːr//

to create space for someone or something by moving other things or making adjustments

make room for concept
💡 Concept

누군가나 무언가를 위해 자리를 만들다, 여유를 두다

make room for rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Make room for the zoom, then comes the boom!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/meɪk ruːm fɔːr/
🇬🇧 UK/meɪk ruːm fɔː/

🌳Etymology

Origin

make는 고대 영어 'macian'에서, room은 고대 영어 'rum'(공간)에서 유래. 물리적 공간 확보에서 시간이나 기회 확보의 의미로 확장됨

🎵Rhyme

boomzoomgloom
boom
zoom
gloom

🔗Collocations

make room for improvement
make room for new ideas
make room in the budget
make room for growth
make room at the table

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My closet is so full that I can't make room for any new clothes!

The company decided to make room for younger employees by offering early retirement packages.

😄 Fun example

I had to make room for dessert by eating only half of my main course.

We need to make room for innovation in our traditional business model.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

create spaceclear spacemake wayaccommodateallow for

Antonyms

crowd outexcludeblock

Related

make waystep asidemove overallocate space

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