make-up

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also makeup

1) N-UNCOUNT Make-up consists of things such as lipstick, eye shadow, and powder which some women put on their faces to make themselves look more attractive or which actors use to change or improve their appearance.

Normally she wore little make-up, but this evening was clearly an exception...

She checked her makeup one last time, and then walked out with a spring in her step.

2) N-UNCOUNT: with supp, usu poss N Someone's make-up is their nature and the various qualities in their character.

There was some fatal flaw in his makeup, and as time went on he lapsed into long silences or became off-hand.

Syn:

personality

3) N-UNCOUNT: with supp The make-up of something consists of its different parts and the way these parts are arranged.

The ideological make-up of the unions is now radically different from what it had been.

...the chemical make-up of the oceans and atmosphere.