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make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
I have to make up a French exam
Can I catch up with the material or is it too late? -
do or give something to somebody in return
Does she pay you for the work you are doing? -
devise or compose
This designer makes up our Spring collections - concoct something artificial or untrue
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form or compose
The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance
This money is my only income
This sum represents my entire income for a year
These few men comprise his entire army
These constitute my entire belonging
The children made up the chorus -
put in order or neaten
make up a room
make the bed -
come to terms
After some discussion we finally made up -
apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier
She makes herself up every morning -
adjust for
engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
How To Use make up In A Sentence
- Melancholic melody, harmony, subtle dissonance, throat vibrato and asymmetric rhythms make up their choral, ‘a cappella’ style.
- Also, zoo and laboratory observations and studies continue to make up a good deal of research in primatology and they are surely a lot less ecologically valid. Archive 2009-02-01
- He hadn't got quite enough money, but his aunt agreed to make up the difference.
- Trouble is, we've got to make up our minds whether to go full speed ahead or full speed astern. SAN ANDREAS
- Commodity products make up the bulk of sales, said a company spokesman. Times, Sunday Times
- Unions and rank-and-file members make up the rest. Times, Sunday Times
- Plunged in darkness again, the man, whom Rose had called unimaginative, suffered all the untold agony of soul which had been hers during the moment in which she had been forced to make up her mind and carry out the act, only his anguish was the more intense, for hers was the quick action and his the forced inaction of a man bound to a stake, within full sight of a tragedy being enacted upon a loved one. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands
- He says to the ‘Outcasts of America… We make theater, we make community ’, thus finding a way to ‘entertain and educate the solitaries that make up a community’.
- The American people need to do some research on Obama theirself and make up their own mind. McCain’s desperate claim: Obama is dangerous. Vote for me if you want to live!
- The time added includes minutes from both halves of the match so two minutes plus three minutes will make up to five. The Sun