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English Dictionary: make up |
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1 result for make up |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- make up
- v
- 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
- devise or compose; "This designer makes up our Spring collections"
- 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
- 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
- make up something artificial or untrue
Synonym(s): fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent
- put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room"
Synonym(s): make, make up
- 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
- come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"
Synonym(s): reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
- apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier; "She makes herself up every morning"
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