makeup

Pluralmakeups

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   Colored creams, powders, and other products that people put on their skin to change how they look.

   Like coloring a picture to make it look brighter: but on a person's face.

   She put on a little makeup before the wedding.

   The clown's bright makeup made all the children laugh.

   Similarcosmetics, maquillage

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The different parts or materials that something is made of.

   Like a recipe that lists everything inside a cake.

   The makeup of the soup includes carrots, beans, and rice.

   We looked at the makeup of the team before the season started.

   Similarcomposition, structure, constitution

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   A second test that lets a student try again after failing or missing the first one.

   Like getting a second chance to play a game you had to miss.

   She was sick on test day, so she took a makeup the next week.

   The makeup covered the same chapters as the original quiz.

   Similarretake, retest, resit

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   Extra material added to replace an amount that has been used up.

   Like pouring more water into a pot that has boiled down.

   The factory adds makeup to replace water lost from the tank.

   We ordered more makeup to top up the supply.

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5. 5
   verb

   Another way of writing make up, meaning to put makeup on someone. As a verb, it is usually counted as a misspelling.

   Can you makeup the bride before the ceremony begins?

   He likes to makeup the models himself.

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6. 6
   noununcountable

   Money that a special kind of trust pays out in later years to cover what it could not pay before.

   Like getting money you were owed earlier, once there is finally enough to pay it.

   The trust paid a makeup this year to cover last year's low income.

   The family received a makeup once the fund's earnings recovered.

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