English Explanatory Dictionary

make up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To constitute, to compose.
To constitute the components of a whole.
To compensate, to fill in, to catch up.
To compensate for (a deficiency, defect, etc.); to supply (something missing).
To compensate (for).
To invent, to imagine, to concoct
To invent or fabricate (a story, claim, etc.).
To assemble, to prepare.
To compile or draw up (a list, document, etc.).
To put together (a substance, material, garment, medicine, etc.) into a specific form; to assemble.
To prepare (someone) for a theatrical performance by means of costume, cosmetics, etc.
To apply cosmetics.

noun

Alternative form of makeup.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-make up.wav /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/

Word forms

make up makes up making up made up make ups

Etymology

From Middle English maken up, equivalent to make + up (adverb).

Synonyms

compose form compound comprise constitute indite make up represent upmake cosmeticize fard make peace

Related words

makeup make-up kiss and make up make it up as one goes along make it up to make up for lost time make up one's mind make-up sex make up the numbers you can't make this stuff up you can't make this up you couldn't make it up

Translations

Azerbaijani: təşkil etmək Azerbaijani: uydurmaq Bulgarian: съставям Bulgarian: компенсирам Bulgarian: измислям Bulgarian: комплектувам Bulgarian: гримирам Catalan: constituir Catalan: compensar Catalan: inventar Catalan: assemblar Catalan: maquillar Catalan: maquillar-se Catalan: fer les paus Catalan: reconciliar-se Chinese Mandarin: 組成 /组成 Chinese Mandarin: 補上 /补上 Chinese Mandarin: 編出 /编出 Chinese Mandarin: 製成 /制成 Chinese Mandarin: 上妝 /上妆 Chinese Mandarin: 和解 Esperanto: konsistigi Esperanto: kompensi Finnish: muodostaa Finnish: korvata Finnish: hyvittää Finnish: keksiä Finnish: sepittää Finnish: valmistaa Finnish: meikata Finnish: ehostaa Finnish: sopia Finnish: tehdä sovinto French: constituer French: composer French: compenser French: rattraper French: inventer French: controuver French: maquiller French: se maquiller French: se réconcilier French: arranger French: réparer Georgian: შედგენა Georgian: მოგონება Hungarian: alkot Hungarian: kitesz Hungarian: bepótol Hungarian: pótol Hungarian: behoz Hungarian: kitalál Hungarian: kieszel Hungarian: kiötöl Hungarian: kiagyal Hungarian: összeállít Hungarian: elkészít Hungarian: összerak Ido: kompletigar Irish: déan suas Irish: folíon Italian: comporsi Italian: recuperare Italian: improvvisare Italian: rimediare Italian: fabbricare Italian: mettere su Italian: tirare fuori Italian: inventare Italian: immaginarsi Italian: truccarsi Italian: conciliarsi Italian: fare pace Latin: tueor Latin: compensō Norwegian Bokmål: utgjøre Persian: تشکیل دادن Persian: جبران کردن Russian: составля́ть Russian: соста́вить Russian: компенси́ровать Russian: возмеща́ть Russian: возмести́ть Russian: навёрстывать Russian: наверста́ть Russian: приду́мывать Russian: приду́мать Russian: собира́ть Russian: собра́ть Russian: кра́ситься Tagalog: gawa Tagalog: mag-ayos Tagalog: maghabol Tagalog: mag-imbento Tagalog: magbati Ukrainian: склада́ти Ukrainian: компенсува́ти Ukrainian: відшкодо́вувати Ukrainian: надолу́жувати Ukrainian: надолу́жити Ukrainian: вига́дувати Ukrainian: ви́гадати Ukrainian: виду́мувати Ukrainian: ви́думати Ukrainian: приду́мувати Ukrainian: приду́мати German: wiedergutmachen German: kompensieren German: gutmachen German: ausgleichen German: aufholen German: erfinden German: ausdenken German: zusammenstellen German: zusammenbauen German: zusammensetzen German: schminken German: sich versöhnen Māori: whakapū Māori: whakapaipai Māori: whakanako Portuguese: compensar Portuguese: inventar Portuguese: maquiar Portuguese: maquilhar Portuguese: resolver Portuguese: fazer as pazes Spanish: reponer Spanish: suplir Spanish: sacarse de la manga Spanish: maquillar Spanish: maquillarse Spanish: reconciliarse Armenian: հորինել Basque: asmatu Basque: makillatu Dutch: verzinnen Dutch: bedenken Ingrian: duumata Norwegian: finne på Old English: āþenċan Polish: wymyślić Polish: pogodzić się Romanian: inventa Romanian: imagina Romanian: născoci Romanian: machia Serbo-Croatian: izmisliti Serbo-Croatian: шми̑нкати Serbo-Croatian: šmȋnkati Thai: กุ Thai: กุเรื่อง Turkish: uydurmak Turkish: makyaj yapmak Ottoman Turkish: دوزمك Afrikaans: grimeer Slovene: ličiti Slovene: naličiti Swedish: sminka Vietnamese: trang điểm

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