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make of

verb

to interpret as the meaning of
what do you make of this news?
to produce or construct from
houses made of brick
make little of or make nothing of
1. not to understand
2. to attribute little or no importance to
3. to gain little or no benefit from
make much of or make a lot of
1. used with a negative to make sense of
  he couldn't make much of her babble
2. to give importance to
3. to gain benefit from
4. to pay flattering attention to
  the reporters made much of the film star

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People were tired and really didn’t know what to make of a movie that shifts between the points of view of the two main characters and has a subjective, impressionistic mode of storytelling.

From Los Angeles Times

And while light is vital to our experience of color, what are we to make of our ability to remember in color, or to see color in dreams?

From Salon

"I don't know what to make of it," he said.

From Salon

Mainstream news doesn't exist to them because facts are what they or Elon Musk's social media platform make of them, if they matter at all.

From Salon

This was illegal last time, but it’s anyone’s guess what a Trump Department of Justice will make of those precedents.

From Slate

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