make|up

make|up
make|up or make-up «MAYK UHP», noun.
1. the way in which a thing is made up or put together: »

The novelty of the orchestra's size and makeup... (Maclean's).

SYNONYM(S): composition, constitution.
2. nature; disposition: »

People of a nervous makeup are excitable.

3. a) the way in which an actor is dressed and painted in order to look his part. b) the clothes, cosmetics, wigs, or other costume used by an actor to look his part.
4. rouge, lipstick, powder, cream, or other preparation to adorn the face; cosmetics: »

When you have plenty of makeup on, you always get served faster (New Yorker).

5. a) the arrangement of type, pictures, and illustrations in a book, paper, or magazine. b) the result of this: »

That book has good makeup.

6. an examination, course, or procedure, taken to make up for having missed or failed a previous one: »

Make-up injections will be given to another 300 children at the health center (New York Times).

7. a person who makes up pages of type; compositor.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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