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Definition of Make up
1. Verb. Form or compose. "These few men comprise his entire army"
Specialized synonyms: Make, Compose, Constitute, Form, Make, Range, Straddle, Fall Into, Fall Under, Pose, Present, Supplement
Derivative terms: Constituent, Make-up, Makeup
2. Verb. Devise or compose. "This designer makes up our Spring collections"
3. Verb. Do or give something to somebody in return. "They make up to move "; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
Generic synonyms: Settle
Derivative terms: Compensation, Compensation, Pay, Payee, Payer
Also: Pay Back, Pay Off
4. Verb. Make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point. "Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?"
Generic synonyms: Recoup, Recover, Recuperate
Derivative terms: Make-up, Makeup
5. Verb. Make up something artificial or untrue.
Generic synonyms: Concoct, Dream Up, Hatch, Think Of, Think Up
Specialized synonyms: Mythologise, Mythologize, Confabulate, Concoct, Trump Up, Spin, Vamp, Vamp Up
Derivative terms: Fabrication, Fabrication, Fabricator, Invention
6. Verb. Put in order or neaten. "Make up a room"
Generic synonyms: Clean Up, Neaten, Square Away, Straighten, Straighten Out, Tidy, Tidy Up
Related verbs: Make
7. Verb. Adjust for. "Engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
Specialized synonyms: Carry, Compensate, Cover, Overcompensate
Generic synonyms: Balance, Equilibrate, Equilibrise, Equilibrize
Derivative terms: Compensation, Corrective, Counterbalance, Counterbalance
8. Verb. Come to terms. "After some discussion we finally made up"
Specialized synonyms: Appease, Propitiate, Make Peace
Generic synonyms: Agree, Concord, Concur, Hold
Derivative terms: Conciliation, Conciliation, Conciliative, Conciliatory, Conciliatory, Reconciliation
9. Verb. Apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier. "She makes herself up every morning"
Specialized synonyms: Highlight, Lipstick, Rouge, Powder
Derivative terms: Make-up, Makeup
Definition of Make up
1. Verb. (transitive) to constitute; to compose; to form ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) to compensate, fill in or catch up ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) to invent, imagine, or concoct (a story, claim, etc.) ¹
4. Verb. (transitive cooking) to assemble, or mix ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) to apply cosmetics or makeup ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive) to resolve, forgive or smooth over an argument or fight ¹
7. Verb. To overcome a disadvantage ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Make Up
Literary usage of Make up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"It was the practice that the orders, when taken, were forwarded to the residence
of the seller, and when a sufficient quantity to make up a car load had ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"... of the sheets which make up a book ' containing space for mounting and fully
describing fifty-one botanical specimens,' and in addition 'full directions ..."
3. Collections by CT Historical Society (1908)
"... git what land he wants to make up his lott by reason of by ways beng taken
out of his lotts and all other wants to be laid out with his second Devisions ..."
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