make up
verb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
form or compose
This money is my only income
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Sense 2 verb
devise or compose
This designer makes up our Spring collections
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Sense 3 verb
do or give something to somebody in return
Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
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Sense 4 verb
make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
I have to make up a French exam
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Sense 5 verb
make up something artificial or untrue
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Sense 6 verb
put in order or neaten
make the bed
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Sense 7 verb
adjust for
engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
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Sense 8 verb
come to terms
After some discussion we finally made up
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Sense 9 verb
apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier
She makes herself up every morning
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | physical composition |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | constituenta |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | make |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | compose |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | form |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | straddle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall into |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pose |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | supplement |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | design |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | pay back |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | recompense |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | payee |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | payer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | remuneration |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | compensation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | settle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | make-up |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | recuperate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fabrication |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | invention |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fabrication |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fibber |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | think up |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | mythologize |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | confabulate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | trump up |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | spin |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | vamp |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | make |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | tidy |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | recompense |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | counterweight |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | offset |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | corrective |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | balance |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | carry |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | overcompensate |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | reconciliation |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | conciliation |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | conciliation |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | conciliative |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | conciliatory |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | concur |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | propitiate |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | make peace |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | makeup |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | neaten |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | highlight |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | lipstick |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | rouge |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | powder |