Make up - definition, pronunciation, transcription
verb
- 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
- put in order or neaten (syn: make)
- 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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