makeup

noun (no plural)
special powders and creams that you put on your face to make yourself more beautiful. Actors also wear make-up when they are acting:
She put on her make-up.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

make up

make up phrasal verb (see also ↑make)
1. FORM/BE make up something [not in progressive] to combine together to form something SYN constitute:
Women make up only a small proportion of the prison population.
be made up of something
The committee is made up of representatives from every state.
2. PRETEND SOMETHING IS TRUE make something ↔ up to pretend that something is true in order to deceive someone:
I think they’re making the whole thing up. ⇨ ↑made-up(1)
3. INVENT make something ↔ up to produce a new story, song, game etc by thinking:
Nick made up a song about them.
When you’re the boss you can make up your own rules.
I’ve given talks so many times that now I just make them up as I go along (=think of things to say as I am speaking).
4. PREPARE make something ↔ up to prepare something by mixing things or putting things together:
I could make up a bed for you on the sofa.
Can you make up a bottle of milk for the baby?
5. SB’S FACE make somebody ↔ up to put ↑make-up (=special coloured substances) on someone’s face in order to make them look better or different:
They made him up as an old man for the last act of the play.
One lucky winner will have the chance to be made up and photographed.
► Do not use the verb 'make up' when you are talking about putting make-up on your own face. Say that you put on (your) make-up. ⇨ ↑made-up(2)
6. NUMBER/AMOUNT make something ↔ up especially British English to add to an amount in order to bring it up to the level that is needed:
I saved as much as I could, and my parents made up the rest.
The company will be forced to pay $6 million to make up the difference.
7. TIME/WORK make something ↔ up to work at times when you do not usually work, because you have not done as much work as you should:
I’m trying to make up the time I lost while I was sick.
Is it OK if I make the work up next week?
8. FRIENDS (also make it up) informal to become friendly with someone again after you have had an argument
make up with
Have you made up with Patty yet?
Oh come on! Why don’t you just kiss and make up?
9. FROM CLOTH make something ↔ up to produce something from cloth by cutting and sewing:
The dress had been made up to her exact requirements.
make something ↔ up into
I plan on making that material up into a dress. ⇨ make up your mind at ↑mind¹(3)

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

make-up

ˈmake-up [make-up make-ups] noun

1. uncountable substances used especially by women to make their faces look more attractive, or used by actors to change their appearance

• eye make-up

• to put on your make-up

• She never wears make-up.

• a make-up artist (= a person whose job is to put make-up on the faces of actors and models)

2. singular the different qualities that combine to form sb's character or being

• Jealousy is not part of his make-up.

• The final act exposes the fatal flaws in his make-up.

• a person's genetic make-up

• The report studies the psychological make-up of a serial killer.

3. singular ~ (of sth) the different things, people, etc. that combine to form sth; the way in which they combine

• the make-up of a TV audience

• (technical) the page make-up of a text (= the way in which the words and pictures are arranged on a page)

4. countable (NAmE) a special exam taken by students who missed or failed an earlier one

Collocations:

Clothes and fashion

Clothes

be wearing a new outfit/bright colours/fancy dress/fur/uniform

be (dressed) in black/red/jeans and a T-shirt/your best suit/leather/silk/rags (= very old torn clothes)

be dressed for work/school/dinner/a special occasion

be dressed as a man/woman/clown/pirate

wear/dress in casual/designer/second-hand clothes

wear jewellery/(especially US) jewelry/accessories/a watch/glasses/contact lenses/perfume

have a cowboy hat/red dress/blue suit on

put on/take off your clothes/coat/shoes/helmet

pull on/pull off your coat/gloves/socks

change into/get changed into a pair of jeans/your pyjamas/(especially US) your pajamas

Appearance

change/enhance/improve your appearance

create/get/have/give sth a new/contemporary/retro look

brush/comb/shampoo/wash/blow-dry your hair

have/get a haircut/your hair cut/a new hairstyle

have/get a piercing/your nose pierced

have/get a tattoo/a tattoo done (on your arm)/a tattoo removed

have/get a makeover/cosmetic surgery

use/wear/apply/put on make-up/cosmetics

Fashion

follow/keep up with (the) fashion/the latest fashions

spend/waste money on designer clothes

be fashionably/stylishly/well dressed

have good/great/terrible/awful taste in clothes

update/revamp your wardrobe

be in/come into/go out of fashion

be (back/very much) in vogue

create a style/trend/vogue for sth

organize/put on a fashion show

show/unveil a designer's spring/summer collection

sashay/strut down the catwalk/(NAmE also) runway

be on/do a photo/fashion shoot

Example Bank:

• He was given an Oscar for his make-up work on the film.

• I never wear make-up.

• She was checking her make-up in the mirror.

• You don't wear full make-up to go swimming.

• a tearful girl with make-up running down her face

• the make-up effects for the film

• the unique make-up of each person

• Ireland did show up a number of flaws in the England team's make-up.

• The final act reveals the flaws in his make-up.

• the genetic make-up of plants and animals

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

ˈ make-up / ˈmeɪk.ʌp / noun [ U ] (FOR FACE)

A2 coloured substances used on your face to improve or change your appearance:

I put on a little eye make-up.

She wears a lot of make-up.

ˈ make-up / ˈmeɪk.ʌp / noun [ U ] (PARTS)

The make-up of something or someone is the combination of things that form it:

They argue that the membership of the Council does not reflect the racial make-up of the city.

Organizational ability is not one of the most obvious parts of his make-up.

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

make up
1.
The people or things that make up something are the members or parts that form that thing.
North Africans make up the largest and poorest immigrant group in the country...
Insects are made up of tens of thousands of proteins.
= form, constitute
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), be V-ed P of n, also V n P

2.
If you make up something such as a story or excuse, you invent it, sometimes in order to deceive people.
I think it’s very unkind of you to make up stories about him...
I’m not making it up. The character exists in real life.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P

3.
If you make yourself up or if someone else makes you up, make-up such as powder or lipstick is put on your face.
She spent too much time making herself up...
She chose Maggie to make her up for her engagement photographs...
I can’t be bothered to make up my face.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V n P, V P n (not pron)

4.
If you make up an amount, you add something to it so that it is as large as it should be.
Less than half of the money that students receive is in the form of grants, and loans have made up the difference...
The team had six professionals and made the number up with five amateurs...
For every £100 you invest into a pension plan the Inland Revenue makes it up to £125.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P, V n P to amount

5.
If you make up time or hours, you work some extra hours because you have previously taken some time off work.
They’ll have to make up time lost during the strike.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P

6.
If two people make up or make it up after a quarrel or disagreement, they become friends again.
She came back and they made up...
They never made up the quarrel...
They should make up with their ex-enemy in the West...
I’ll make it up with him again.
PHRASAL VERB: pl-n V P, pl-n V P n, V P with n, V it P with n, also pl-n V it P

7.
If you make up something such as food or medicine, you prepare it by mixing or putting different things together.
Prepare the souffle dish before making up the souffle mixture.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P

8.
If you make up a bed, you put sheets and blankets on it so that someone can sleep there.
Her mother made up a bed in her old room.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)

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make-up

also makeup

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.
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...
N-UNCOUNT

2.
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.
= personality
N-UNCOUNT: with supp, usu poss N

3.
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.
N-UNCOUNT: with supp

American English

British English

make-up and skin care

A2 (مبتدی)

makeup

noun