make up in English dictionary

  • make up

    Meanings and definitions of "make up"

    • (transitive) to constitute; to compose; to form
    • (transitive) to compensate, fill in or catch up
    • (transitive) to invent, imagine, or concoct (a story, claim, etc.)
    • (transitive, cooking) to assemble, or mix
    • (transitive) to apply cosmetics or makeup
    • (intransitive) to resolve, forgive or smooth over an argument or fight
    • To overcome a disadvantage
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To constitute; to compose; to form.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To compensate, fill in or catch up.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To invent, imagine, or concoct (a story, claim, etc.).
    • verb
      (transitive, cooking)
      To assemble, or mix.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To apply cosmetics or makeup to.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To resolve, forgive or smooth over an argument or fight.
    • verb
      To overcome a disadvantage.
    • verb
      To make social or romantic advances to; to pay court (to).
    • To put back in good terms people that weren't anymore.
    • to constitute
    • to compensate, fill in or catch up
    • to invent, imagine, or concoct
    • to assemble, or mix
    • to apply cosmetics or makeup
    • to resolve, forgive or smooth over an argument or fight
    • make up (of)
    • To be the material or components of.
    • To be a general essence of, to be in the broadest sense identified with or part of, to often come with, to make something or someone special.
    • To make up something artificial or untrue.
    • verb
      adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
    • verb
      apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier; "She makes herself up every morning"
    • verb
      come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"
    • verb
      concoct something artificial or untrue
    • verb
      devise or compose; "This designer makes up our Spring collections"
    • verb
      do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
    • verb
      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"
    • verb
      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?"
    • verb
      put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room"

    Synonyms of "make up" in English dictionary

    hold, neaten, tidy are the top synonyms of "make up" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of make up

    • zob.  zobacz: make
    • to make up ( third-person singular simple present makes up, present participle making up, simple past and past participle made up)
    • make up (third-person singular simple present makes up, present participle making up, simple past and past participle made up)
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