makeup

CEFRA1

/ˈmeɪkʌp/

noun

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Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.
Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.
An item's composition.

In context

She is wearing a lot of makeup.
To understand how a nuclear reactor works, we must first look at its makeup.
After the size and makeup of Congress was decided by the Founding Fathers, it was time to lawmake.

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After the size and makeup of Congress was decided by the Founding Fathers, it was time to lawmake.
2005, Bennett Fairorth, Philadelphia Holidays 2004, Turkish Pleasures 1997, page 269
When the water level drops, the float ball drops with it and opens the valve to the makeup water supply.
2005, William C. Whitman, William M. Johnson, John A. Tomczyk, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Technology, page 1208
“Will I get a chance to take a makeup? My mother paid for the exam.”
2020, Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow, Oneworld Publications, page 117
I raided my closet and left Clay in my living room while I changed and makeuped in the bathroom.
2005, Wendy Roberts, Dating Can Be Deadly, Red Dress Ink, →ISBN, page 229
“If we get started showering, shaving, powdering, combing, and makeupping, we just may be able to make the eleven o’clock mass at Regina Pacis.”
2009, Lou Manfredo, chapter 7, in Rizzo’s War, New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 122

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Deverbal from make up. Noun sense 2 is a semantic loan from French maquillage, from maquiller (“to make up, fabricate”).