The words "dream interpretation" […] remind one of all sorts of childish, superstitious notions, which make up the thread and woof of dream books, read by none but the ignorant and the primitive.
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Make up
/ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/
Synonyms for "make up" (263 found)
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Closest matches (53)
Noun(2 words)
Verb(4 words)
Strong matches (79)
composecompoundcompriseconceiveconcludeconcoctconglomerateconsist ofconstituteconstructcontrivecook upcorralcounterbalancecounterfeitcounterpoisecountervailcreatecumulatedash off
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decoctdesigndevelopdevisedig updiscoverdo offhanddraw togetherdream updredge updrive togethereke outelaborateembodyengenderenter intoerectevolveextemporizeextrudefabricatefakefancyfantasizefashionfibfill infill outfitfixfix upforgeforgive and forgetformformulateframefudgefudge togetherfulfillfusegathergather ingather togethergenerateget
Verb(12 words)
compriseconciliateconsistingconstitutecook upcorrectcounterbalanceeven offeven outeven upfabricatefantasized
Noun(1 words)
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (131)
get inget togetherget upgive being togive rise togo intogrouphatchhatch uphoke upimposeimprovisateimproviseincorporateinditeinterblendinterfuseintermixinventjoin
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jury rigjury-rigjustifyjuxtaposeknock offlash uploomlump togethermakemake domake do withmake goodmake matters upmanufacturemassmatchmaturemeldmergemerge inminglemintmixmobilizemoldmouldmouldermouldymusteroffsetorganizeoriginateoutweighoverrunpairpartnerpatch togetherpipi a formpiece outpiece togetherplanplay by earprefabricateprepareprocreateproduceput togetherput upraiserake uprallyreadyrearrecoupredeemrefillreplenishretrieveround outround uprun upscrap the planscrape togethersetset in printset offset upsettlesettle withshake handsshapespawnspinstagestraighten outstrike offstrike outstructuresynthesizetake upthinkthink outthink upthrow offthrow togethertop offtoss offtoss outtrump upturnunite invampvamp upwhip inwhip upwhomp upwing itwork outwrite
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169 translations across 38 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- grimeer verb (to apply cosmetics)
Armenian
1 entries- հորինել verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- təşkil etmək verb (to constitute, to compose)
- uydurmaq verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
Basque
2 entries- asmatu verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
- makillatu verb (to apply cosmetics)
Bulgarian
4 entries- гримирам verb (to apply cosmetics)
- измислям verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
- компенсирам verb (to compensate, to fill in, to catch up)
- комплектувам verb (to assemble, to prepare)
Catalan
4 entries- assemblar verb (to assemble, to prepare)
- compensar verb (to compensate, to fill in, to catch up)
- constituir verb (to constitute, to compose)
- fer les paus verb (to make peace, to settle a dispute)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 上妝 /上妆 verb (to apply cosmetics)
- 和解 verb (to make peace, to settle a dispute)
- 組成 /组成 verb (to constitute, to compose)
- 編出 /编出 verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
Dutch
2 entries- bedenken verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
- verzinnen verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
Esperanto
2 entries- kompensi verb (to compensate, to fill in, to catch up)
- konsistigi verb (to constitute, to compose)
Finnish
4 entries- ehostaa verb (to apply cosmetics)
- hyvittää verb (to compensate, to fill in, to catch up)
- keksiä verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
- korvata verb (to compensate, to fill in, to catch up)
French
4 entries- arranger verb (to arrange, to advance)
- compenser verb (to compensate, to fill in, to catch up)
- composer verb (to constitute, to compose)
- constituer verb (to constitute, to compose)
Georgian
2 entries- მოგონება verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
- შედგენა verb (to constitute, to compose)
German
4 entries- aufholen verb (to compensate, to fill in, to catch up)
- ausdenken verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
- ausgleichen verb (to compensate, to fill in, to catch up)
- erfinden verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
Hungarian
4 entries- alkot verb (to constitute, to compose)
- behoz verb (to compensate, to fill in, to catch up)
- bepótol verb (to compensate, to fill in, to catch up)
- elkészít verb (to assemble, to prepare)
Ido
1 entries- kompletigar verb (to constitute, to compose)
Ingrian
1 entries- duumata verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
Irish
3 entries- déan suas verb (to constitute, to compose)
- déan suas verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
- folíon verb (to compensate, to fill in, to catch up)
Italian
4 entries- comporsi verb (to constitute, to compose)
- conciliarsi verb (to make peace, to settle a dispute)
- fabbricare verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
- fare pace verb (to make peace, to settle a dispute)
Latin
2 entries- compensō verb (to compensate, to fill in, to catch up)
- tueor verb (to constitute, to compose)
Māori
3 entries- whakanako verb (to apply cosmetics)
- whakapaipai verb (to apply cosmetics)
- whakapū verb (to compensate, to fill in, to catch up)
Norwegian
1 entries- finne på verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- utgjøre verb (to constitute, to compose)
Old English
1 entries- āþenċan verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دوزمك verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
Persian
2 entries- تشکیل دادن verb (to constitute, to compose)
- جبران کردن verb (to compensate, to fill in, to catch up)
Polish
2 entries- pogodzić się verb (to make peace, to settle a dispute)
- wymyślić verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
Portuguese
4 entries- compensar verb (to compensate, to fill in, to catch up)
- fazer as pazes verb (to make peace, to settle a dispute)
- inventar verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
- maquiar verb (to apply cosmetics)
Romanian
4 entries- imagina verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
- inventa verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
- machia verb (to apply cosmetics)
- născoci verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
Russian
4 entries- возмести́ть verb (to compensate, to fill in, to catch up)
- возмеща́ть verb (to compensate, to fill in, to catch up)
- компенси́ровать verb (to compensate, to fill in, to catch up)
- кра́ситься verb (to apply cosmetics)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- izmisliti verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
- šmȋnkati verb (to apply cosmetics)
- шми̑нкати verb (to apply cosmetics)
Slovene
2 entries- ličiti verb (to apply cosmetics)
- naličiti verb (to apply cosmetics)
Spanish
4 entries- maquillar verb (to apply cosmetics)
- maquillarse verb (to apply cosmetics)
- reconciliarse verb (to make peace, to settle a dispute)
- reponer verb (to compensate, to fill in, to catch up)
Swedish
1 entries- sminka verb (to apply cosmetics)
Tagalog
4 entries- gawa verb (to constitute, to compose)
- gawa verb (to assemble, to prepare)
- mag-ayos verb (to compensate, to fill in, to catch up)
- mag-ayos verb (to apply cosmetics)
Thai
2 entries- กุ verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
- กุเรื่อง verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
Turkish
2 entries- makyaj yapmak verb (to apply cosmetics)
- uydurmak verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́гадати verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
- ви́думати verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
- вига́дувати verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
- виду́мувати verb (to invent, to imagine, to concoct)
Vietnamese
1 entries- trang điểm verb (to apply cosmetics)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the water-oxidizing complex, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.
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He can make up the time next week.
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The Argentine found Dzeko and his killer ball was timed brilliantly for the Ivorian, who made up 90 yards, to slot in.
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