make up

1. Form or compose (synset 202626667)
   "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"
   subtypes:

   • make - constitute the essence of
   • compose - form the substance of
   • constitute, form, make - to compose or represent
   • range, straddle - range or extend over; occupy a certain area
   • fall into, fall under - be included in or classified as
   • pose, present - introduce
   • supplement - serve as a supplement to
   same as: be, comprise, constitute, represent
2. Devise or compose (synset 201757273)
   "This designer makes up our Spring collections"
   is a type of: design - create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner
3. Do or give something to somebody in return (synset 202258264)
   "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
   is a type of: settle - dispose of; make a financial settlement
   same as: compensate, pay, pay off
4. Make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point (synset 202526396)
   "I have to make up a French exam"; "Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?"
   is a type of: recoup, recover, recuperate - regain or make up for
   same as: catch up with
5. Concoct something artificial or untrue (synset 201637966)
   is a type of: concoct, dream up, hatch, think of, think up - devise or invent
   subtypes:

   • mythologise, mythologize - construct a myth
   • confabulate - unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
   • concoct, trump up - invent
   • spin - make up a story
   • vamp, vamp up - make up
   same as: cook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture
6. Put in order or neaten (synset 200276867)
   "make the bed"; "make up a room"
   is a type of: clean up, neaten, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up - put (things or places) in order
   same as: make
   verb group: make - gather and light the materials for
7. Adjust for (synset 202678329)
   "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"
   is a type of: balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize - bring into balance or equilibrium
   subtypes:

   • carry - compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance
   • compensate, cover, overcompensate - make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
   same as: compensate, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up
8. Come to terms (synset 200766947)
   "After some discussion we finally made up"
   is a type of: agree, concord, concur, hold - be in accord; be in agreement
   subtypes:

   • appease, propitiate - make peace with
   • make peace - end hostilities
   same as: conciliate, patch up, reconcile, settle
9. Apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier (synset 200040659)
   "She makes herself up every morning"
   is a type of: groom, neaten - care for one's external appearance
   subtypes:

   • highlight - apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent
   • lipstick - apply lipstick to
   • rouge - redden by applying rouge to
   • powder - apply powder to

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