verb
- Form or compose.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: constitute, represent, comprise, be
- Devise or compose.
- usage: "This designer makes up our Spring collections"
- Do or give something to somebody in return.
- usage: "Does she pay you for the work you are doing"
- synonyms: pay, pay off, compensate
- Make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point.
- usage: "I have to make up a French exam"; "Can I catch up with the material or is it too late"
- synonyms: catch up with
- Make up something artificial or untrue.
- synonyms: fabricate, manufacture, cook up, invent
- Put in order or neaten.
- usage: "make the bed"; "make up a room"
- synonyms: make
- Adjust for.
- usage: "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
- synonyms: compensate, counterbalance, correct, even out, even off, even up
- Come to terms.
- usage: "After some discussion we finally made up"
- synonyms: reconcile, patch up, conciliate, settle
- Apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier.
- usage: "She makes herself up every morning"
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