make up

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English maken up, equivalent to make + up (adverb). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ === Verb === make up (third-person singular simple present makes up, present participle making up, simple past and past participle made up) To constitute, to compose. (transitive) To constitute the components of a whole. [from 16th c.] Synonyms: compose, form; see also Thesaurus:compose To compensate, to fill in, to catch up. (transitive) To compensate for (a deficiency, defect, etc.); to supply (something missing). [from 15th c.] (intransitive) To compensate (for). [from 18th c.] To invent, to imagine, to concoct To invent or fabricate (a story, claim, etc.). [from 17th c.] To assemble, to prepare. To compile or draw up (a list, document, etc.). [from 14th c.] To put together (a substance, material, garment, medicine, etc.) into a specific form; to assemble. [from 16th c.] (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To prepare (someone) for a theatrical performance by means of costume, cosmetics, etc. [from 18th c.] To apply cosmetics. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To apply cosmetics or makeup to (a face, facial feature). [from 18th c.] Synonyms: cosmeticize, fard Alternative forms: makeup, make-up (rare) To make peace, to settle a dispute. (transitive, intransitive) To resolve or settle an argument, dispute, conflict, or fight (e.g., with someone). [from 17th c.] Synonym: make peace To arrange, to advance. (obsolete) To arrange (a marriage); to organise (a treaty). [16th–19th c.] To draw near to, approach to. [from 16th c.] To make social or romantic advances to; to pay court to. [from 18th c.] To build, to complete. (obsolete) To build, construct (a tower, city, etc.). [14th–15th c.] (obsolete) To build up (a bank, wall, etc.) where it has fallen away; to repair. [15th–17th c.] ==== Usage notes ==== The object in all transitive senses can come before or after the particle. If it is a pronoun, then it must come before the particle. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === make up (plural make ups) Alternative form of makeup. ==== Usage notes ==== Least common alternative form of makeup. === References === === Anagrams === upmake