What does make up mean?

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make up

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. makeup, make-upnoun

    an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event

    "he missed the test and had to take a makeup"; "the two teams played a makeup one week later"

  2. constitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-upnoun

    the way in which someone or something is composed

  3. makeup, make-up, war paintverb

    cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance

  4. constitute, represent, make up, comprise, beverb

    form or compose

    "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"

  5. make upverb

    devise or compose

    "This designer makes up our Spring collections"

  6. pay, pay off, make up, compensateverb

    do or give something to somebody in return

    "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"

  7. make up, catch up withverb

    make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point

    "I have to make up a French exam"; "Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?"

  8. fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, inventverb

    make up something artificial or untrue

  9. make, make upverb

    put in order or neaten

    "make the bed"; "make up a room"

  10. compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even upverb

    adjust for

    "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"

  11. reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settleverb

    come to terms

    "After some discussion we finally made up"

  12. make upverb

    apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier

    "She makes herself up every morning"

Wiktionary

  1. make upverb

    to constitute; to compose; to form

  2. make upverb

    to compensate, fill in or catch up

  3. make upverb

    to invent, imagine, or concoct (a story, claim, etc.)

  4. make upverb

    to assemble, or mix

  5. make upverb

    to apply cosmetics or makeup

  6. make upverb

    to resolve, forgive or smooth over an argument or fight

  7. make upverb

    To overcome a disadvantage

Wikipedia

  1. Make Up

    Make Up is a song by American DJ Vice and American singer Jason Derulo, featuring vocals from American singer Ava Max. It was released as a single on October 23, 2018, by Atlantic Records.

ChatGPT

  1. make up

    Make up refers to either cosmetics used to enhance or alter the appearance or the composition or constitution of something. It can also refer to the act of inventing something, such as a story or an excuse. Additionally, it can mean to reconcile or resolve issues after an argument or dispute.

Wikidata

  1. Make Up

    Make Up is a 1973 album by Flower Travellin' Band. It was a double album, featuring some live and studio recordings. It featured a guest appearance of Yuya Uchida. Tracks 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8 were recorded live at Yokosuka Bunka Kaikan, Yokusuka, on September 16, 1972. On the 2004 double CD release there is a live version of "Satori, Pt. 2" before "After the Concert". "Slowly But Surely" was covered by the thrash metal band Outrage for their 1988 debut album, Black Clouds. "Hiroshima" and the title track were covered by Cult of Personality and thrash metal band United respectively, for the 2000 Flower Travellin' Band Tribute album.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of make up in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of make up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of make up in a Sentence

  1. Sarosh Zaiwalla:

    With a nuclear deal imminent, it is clear that Iran is preparing to make up lost ground and re-establish itself as a major supplier, sanctions have crippled Iran's oil production, halving oil exports and severely limiting new development projects. The prospect of them being lifted is creating great excitement ... as foreign trade and investment will allow Iran to make huge efficiencies and drive down the cost of production.

  2. Maira Bes-Rastrollo:

    Ultraprocessed foods already make up more than half of the total dietary energy consumed in high-income countries such as USA, Canada and the UK, in the case of Spain, consumption of ultraprocessed food almost tripled between 1990 and 2010.

  3. George Miller:

    I always felt so guilty about that. I thought I had to make up for it in some way.

  4. Edith Wharton:

    My first few weeks in America are always miserable, because the tastes I am cursed with are all of a kind that cannot be gratified here, and I am not enough in sympathy with our gross public to make up for the lack on the aesthetic side. One's friends are delightful; but we are none of us Americans, we don't think or feel as the Americans do, we are the wretched exotics produced in a European glass-house, the most displaced and useless class on earth!

  5. David Hellerstein:

    Studies come to a screeching halt, we are now just beginning to make up for decades of lost time.


Translations for make up

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  • konsistigiEsperanto
  • compensar, maquillar, fabricar, constituir, maquillarse, inventar, reconciliarseSpanish
  • makillatu, asmatuBasque
  • آرایشPersian
  • korvata, keksiä, tehdä sovinto, sepittää, hyvittää, sopia, valmistaa, muodostaa, ehostaa, meikataFinnish
  • inventer, compenser, se réconcilier, maquiller, controuverFrench
  • folíonIrish
  • összeállít, pótol, kieszel, bepótol, kifest, sminkel, kitalálHungarian
  • kompletigarIdo
  • rimediare, immaginarsi, truccarsi, mettere su, tirare fuori, recuperare, comporsi, improvvisare, fabbricare, inventareItalian
  • ಸೌಂದರ್ಯ ವರ್ಧಕKannada
  • 구성하다Korean
  • utgjøreNorwegian
  • wymyślić, pogodzić sięPolish
  • resolver, maquiar, fazer as pazes, inventarPortuguese
  • собрать, придумывать, мириться, возмещать, компенсировать, собирать, составить, краситься, составлять, помириться, возместить, придуматьRussian
  • šminkatiSerbo-Croatian
  • kipodoziSwahili
  • maghabol, magbati, gawa, mag-imbento, mag-ayosTagalog
  • makyaj yapmakTurkish

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