In Unix, can I run 'make' in a directory without cd'ing to that directory first?

Question

In Unix, can I run make in a directory without cd\'ing to that directory first?

Answer 1

makefile:

all:
    gcc -Wall -Wpedantic -std=gnu99 -g src/test.c -o build/test

run:
    ./build/test

or

run:
    ./../build/test

etc.