makeup
English
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editmakeup (usually uncountable, plural makeups)
- (countable, uncountable) An item's composition.
- To understand how a nuclear reactor works, we must first look at its makeup.
- 2005, Bennett Fairorth, Philadelphia Holidays 2004, Turkish Pleasures 1997, page 269:
- After the size and makeup of Congress was decided by the Founding Fathers, it was time to lawmake.
- (countable, uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.
- She is wearing a lot of makeup.
- (manufacturing) Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.
- 2005, William C. Whitman, William M. Johnson, John A. Tomczyk, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Technology, page 1208:
- When the water level drops, the float ball drops with it and opens the valve to the makeup water supply.
- (education) A test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material.
- (finance) In a NIMCRUT, an amount distributed from the trust's income in subsequent years to make up for a present shortfall.
Usage notes
editThe alternative spelling make-up is favored by the Oxford Dictionary and thus is often considered to be British, while makeup, being preferred by Merriam Webster's dictionary, is the generally accepted American spelling[1] and the most common form currently in Google Ngrams. See Talk:makeup.
Synonyms
edit- (composition): configuration, constitution, form; see also Thesaurus:composition
- (cosmetics): beauty products, cosmetics, product, slap, war paint
Hyponyms
edit- (cosmetics): See also Thesaurus:toiletry
Derived terms
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editan item's composition
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cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance
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manufacturing: replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up
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education: test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material
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Verb
editmakeup (third-person singular simple present makeups, present participle makeuping or makeupping, simple past and past participle makeuped or makeupped)
- (transitive, intransitive) To put makeup on (someone or something).
- 2014, Michael Yankoski, “Appendix B: Almost Answered: A Q&A with the Author”, in The Sacred Year: Mapping the Soulscape of Spiritual Practice—How Contemplating Apples, Living in a Cave, and Befriending a Dying Woman Revived My Life, W Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 335:
- This isn’t about plastic surgery, image management, or makeupping the facade.
- 2014, Megan McCafferty, Jessica Darling’s It List 2: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Friends, Foes & Faux Friends, New York, N.Y., Boston, Mass.: Poppy, →ISBN, page 89:
- And when my guests and I got bored with stuffing our mouths, makeupping our faces, and rotting our brains, we had Bethany’s collection of classic teen comedies all queued up and ready to roll.
- 2016, Mari Ruti, Feminist Film Theory and Pretty Woman, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN, page 173:
- When Gracie emerges from her labor-intensive makeover in an airplane hangar—where she has been plucked, waxed, styled, makeuped, and dressed by an army of professionals—all eyes, including the stunned eyes of her love-interest-to-be Eric, are on her.
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edit- ^ In reference with Jean-Claude Corbeil/Ariane Archambault: Visual Dictionary, Look up a Word from a Picture, Find the Picture from a Word. (New York, USA / Oxford, UK, 1987)
Anagrams
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editmakeup c
Declension
editDeclension of makeup | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | makeup | makeupen | makeuper | makeuperna |
Genitive | makeups | makeupens | makeupers | makeupernas |
See also
edit- sminka (“to put on makeup, to put makeup on”)
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- English deverbals
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- Rhymes:English/eɪkʌp
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