Make up - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈmeɪk ʌp|  American pronunciation of the word make up
Brit.  |ˈmeɪkʌp|  British pronunciation of the word make up

verb

- form or compose (syn: be, comprise, constitute, represent)
- devise or compose
- do or give something to somebody in return (syn: compensate, pay, pay off)
- make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
I have to make up a French exam
- concoct something artificial or untrue (syn: fabricate, invent, manufacture)
- put in order or neaten (syn: make)
make up a room
- adjust for (syn: compensate, correct, counterbalance)
- come to terms (syn: conciliate, patch up, reconcile, settle)
- apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier

Extra examples

These three articles make up the whole book.

The board of directors is made up of men and women.

Fewer women are making up these days.

This shop will make up a customer's own material.

We need someone with experience of making up a page.

This wood burns so quickly that we have to make the fire up every hour.

My grandmother used to make up her own medicines.

Ask the servant to make up your room.

...the book is made up of 20 chapters...

...she keeps making up excuses as to why she hasn't yet finished the project...

Let us make it up!

Can you make up these papers into parcels of about twenty each?

Did you have to make up any of your examinations, or did you pass them all?

I have to make up a French exam

...most Christians believe that there are three separate persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—that make up the Godhead...

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