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Have you considered that if you don't make waves, nobody including yourself will know that you are alive?
Theodore Isaac Rubin

Meaning of "make waves" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MAKE WAVES

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAKE WAVES

make short work of
make someone a present of something
make sure
make the acquaintance of
make the best of
make the best of a bad job
make the cut
make the fur fly
make the grade
make the most of
make the running
make time
make tracks
make tracks for
make up one´s mind
make up to
make use of
make water
make whoopee
make with

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAKE WAVES

airwaves
broadleaves
continuous waves
de Broglie waves
eaves
fig leaves
Graves
greaves
Hargreaves
haves
heaves
interleaves
leaves
loaves
maple leaves
matter waves
sheaves
staves
tea leaves
the waves

Synonyms and antonyms of make waves in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «make waves» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAKE WAVES

Find out the translation of make waves to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of make waves from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «make waves» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

兴风作浪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hacer olas
570 millions of speakers

English

make waves
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लहरों बनाने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جعل موجات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сделать волны
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fazer ondas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঢেউ বানাও
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faire des vagues
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membuat gelombang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wellen machen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

波風を立てる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파도 를 만들
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggawe ombak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm cho sóng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அலைகளை உருவாக்குங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लाटा करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dalgalar yapmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fare le onde
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zrobić fale
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зробити хвилі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

face valuri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάνουν τα κύματα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

maak golwe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

göra vågor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lage bølger
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAKE WAVES»

The term «make waves» is regularly used and occupies the 92.682 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about make waves

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2 QUOTES WITH «MAKE WAVES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word make waves.
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Jeanne Moreau
As long as you don't make waves, ripples, life seems easy. But that's condemning yourself to impotence and death before you are dead.
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Theodore Isaac Rubin
Have you considered that if you don't make waves, nobody including yourself will know that you are alive?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAKE WAVES»

Discover the use of make waves in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to make waves and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Everything Kids' Nature Book: Create Clouds, Make Waves, ...
Kids love nature, and with The Everything Kids' Nature Book, they'll keep busy for hours.
Kathiann M. Kowalski, 2002
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If You Don't Make Waves, You'll Drown: 10 Hard-Charging ...
You must care enough about your people to make waves, to confront them when they veer off-track, and learn to coach with consequences. Chapter 8 will teach you to leverage consequences as a key to changing employee behavior and ...
Dave Anderson, 2013
3
Make Waves: Be the One to Start Change at Work and in Life
Make Waves encourages readers to step up and be the one to initiate change in their work and lives. Author Patti Johnson walks readers through the tools and techniques that they can use to create change in their own situations.
Patti Johnson, 2014
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Summary: If You Don't Make Waves You'll Drown - Dave Anderson
This work offers a summary of the book “IF YOU DON’T MAKE WAVES YOU’LL DROWN: 10 Hard-Charging Strategies for Leading in Politically Correct Times” by Dave Anderson.
BusinessNews Publishing, 2013
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Making Waves: How to Ride the Chaos with Direct Response ...
"This book will Make Waves!
Mark Davies, Tina Catling, 2011
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The After Effects Illusionist: All the Effects in One ...
The Fade-in Time property allows you to make waves fade in as they are created. You can also regulate the starting and ending size of the waves' stroke with the Start Width and End Width properties. In the Stroke area, you'll find a Profile drop  ...
Chad Perkins, 2009
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Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor: A Lifetime Collection of ...
... resolved itself into words as everyone, standing strainedly on tiptoe, kept muttering, without quite daring to open his mouth, "Don't make waves! Don't make waves!" The expression "don't make waves" is a well-known way of RELIGION 331.
Isaac Asimov, 1971
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The Versatile Soliton
... boat in motion. But now note this wonderful result: if the motion of the canal boat be more rapid than the most rapid possible wave in the canal (that is, the long wave), it cannot leave behind it a procession of waves — it cannot make waves, ...
Aleksandr Tikhonovich Filippov, 2000
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Advances in Artificial Life: 6th European Conference, ECAL ...
6th European Conference, ECAL 2001, Prague, Czech Republic, September 10- 14, 2001. Proceedings Jozef Kelemen, Petr Sosik. Make Waves, Study Collisions Andrew Adamatzky University of the West of England, Bristol, UK ...
Jozef Kelemen, Petr Sosik, 2001
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Seaside
Add 'sea' water and move the tray back and forth to make waves. Pages 6–7: Sand and pebbles Children may enjoy looking for stones with special shapes or markings – at the beach or from a collection of pebbles. Help the children to make a ...
Katie Dicker, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAKE WAVES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term make waves is used in the context of the following news items.
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Georgia Bulldogs make waves with Dawg Night prospect camp …
The trend in college football recruiting seems to be moving toward schools hosting one marquee event with as many big-time prospects as ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
2
Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon aims to make waves among local …
A series of supply chain events for suppliers wanting to get involved with the £1 billion Tidal Lagoon infrastructure project in Swansea has ... «Supply Management, Jul 15»
3
Crave Interactive tablets make waves in the wilds of Scotland …
Crave Interactive is bringing its state-of-the-art tablet technology to the wilds of western Scotland. One of the company's latest confirmed ... «Retail Times, Jul 15»
4
HOW SICK THEY HAVE BECOME: 'Papagomo', RM20K & the IGP …
HOW SICK THEY HAVE BECOME: 'Papagomo', RM20K & the IGP make waves. KUALA LUMPUR - The blogger Papagomo, arrested last week ... «Malaysia Chronicle, Jul 15»
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Motherwell canoeist Deborah Kerr aims to make waves at the World …
Motherwell canoeist Deborah Kerr aims to make waves at the World Championships in Portugal. 09:00, 18 July 2015; By Andy McGilvray ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
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Bicester Blue Fins make waves at regional championships
Bicester Blue Fins sent a record-breaking squad of 18 swimmers to compete in the ASA South East Region Open Water Championships at the ... «Buckingham Advertiser, Jul 15»
7
Billy Ocean ready to make waves at South Tyneside Festival
Soul superstar Billy Ocean, who stormed the charts on both sides of the Atlantic with hits including Love Really Hurts Without You, When The ... «Shields Gazette, Jul 15»
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Great Yorkshire Show: Wright family make waves in the dairy lines
Great Yorkshire Show: Wright family make waves in the dairy lines. News. 14 Jul 2015. BY Louise Hartley. Share. Twitter Facebook. The dairy breed classes are ... «FG Insight, Jul 15»
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Rowing to make waves in the apparel business: Charles River …
Rowing to make waves in the apparel business: Charles River Apparel CEO. Share 0; Tweet 0; Pin 0; Comment 0; Email. The Job Doc Blog ... «Boston.com, Jul 15»
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Marlins make waves, win Montrose Open
Sunday's final day of the Montrose Summer Open swim meet played out much as the previous day had. The Gunnison Stingray's narrowed the ... «Montrose Daily Press, Jul 15»

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