English

make it so

To cause something to be the case, to cause something to happen.

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    Origin

    Originally an imperative phrase used by British naval officers as a command, dating from no later than the Napoleonic Wars, and perhaps earlier. Popularized as the catchphrase of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994).

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    • derivedEnglishno “Not any.”
      • derivedEnglishits “Belonging to it.”
        • derivedEnglishא
        • derivedEnglishPortland “The largest city in Oregon, United States and the county seat of Multnomah County; named for the ci…”
        • derivedEnglishthe “...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or ve…”
        • derivedEnglishcausing
        • partEnglishho “Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.”
        • derivedEnglishWorld “Earth: the Earth (our earth).”
        • derivedEnglishItogon “A municipality of Benguet, Philippines.”
        • derivedEnglishtides
        • derivedEnglishuser “One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (fre…”
        • partEnglishsororo
        • partEnglishit “The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract en…”
        • suffixEnglish-s “Used to form regular plurals of nouns.”
        • suffixEnglish-'s “A possessive marker, indicating that an object belongs to the noun or noun phrase bearing the marke…”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishno
        • inheritedOld Englishna “no, never”

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