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| make up |
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1. transitive verb prepare something: to get something ready, especially by putting a number of items together
  I've made up a box lunch.
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2. transitive verb form whole: to be the constituent members or parts that together form a whole
a group made up of four men and six women
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3. transitive verb constitute something: to be a particular part or proportion of something
Women make up more than half the country's work force.
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4. transitive verb provide supplementary quantity: to provide something, e.g. an additional sum of money, to raise an existing amount to the required amount
You three pay $10 each and I'll make up the rest.
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5. intransitive verb compensate: to compensate for a failing such as a disappointment, deficiency, or shortcoming
I'll buy lunch to make up for being late.
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6. transitive verb fabricate story: to invent an excuse, fact, or story
made the whole story up to shock her parents
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7. transitive verb put on facial cosmetics: to apply cosmetics to your own face or somebody else's face
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8. transitive and intransitive verb prepare appearance for performance: to prepare somebody or yourself for an acting performance by applying cosmetics and fitting costumes necessary for assuming a given role
It takes her two hours to make up for the role.
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9. transitive and intransitive verb resolve quarrel: to become friends again after a quarrel
Haven't you two made up yet?
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10. transitive verb education take exam or course again: to take an examination or course of study again because of absence or failure
make up a French exam
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11. transitive verb printing arrange layout of page: to arrange columns of print and illustrations on a page
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