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English Dictionary: make up by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
make up
v
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be
  2. devise or compose; "This designer makes up our Spring collections"
  3. do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
    Synonym(s): pay, pay off, make up, compensate
  4. 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?"
    Synonym(s): make up, catch up with
  5. make up something artificial or untrue
    Synonym(s): fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent
  6. put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room"
    Synonym(s): make, make up
  7. adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
    Synonym(s): compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up
  8. come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"
    Synonym(s): reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
  9. apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier; "She makes herself up every morning"
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