| VERB | stative | make up, constitute, represent, comprise, be | form or compose |
|---|---|---|---|
| creation | make up | devise or compose | |
| possession | make up, pay, pay off, compensate | do or give something to somebody in return | |
| social | make up, catch up with | make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point | |
| creation | make up, fabricate, manufacture, cook up, invent | make up something artificial or untrue | |
| change | make up, make | put in order or neaten | |
| stative | make up, compensate, counterbalance, correct, even out, even off, even up | adjust for | |
| communication | make up, reconcile, patch up, conciliate, settle | come to terms | |
| body | make up | apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier |
| Meaning | form or compose. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | constitute, represent, comprise, be | |
| Narrower | compose | form the substance of |
| fall into, fall under | Be included in or classified as | |
| form, constitute, make | To compose or represent | |
| make | constitute the essence of | |
| present, pose | introduce | |
| range, straddle | Range or extend over | |
| supplement | Serve as a supplement to | |
| Spanish | constituir, integrar, representar, ser | |
| Catalan | constituir, formar, integrar, representar, ser | |
| Nouns | makeup, make-up | the way in which someone or something is composed |
| Meaning | devise or compose. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | design | create the design for |
| Spanish | diseñar, idear | |
| Catalan | dissenyar, idear | |
| Meaning | Do or give something to somebody in return. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Synonyms | pay, pay off, compensate | |
| Broader | settle | dispose of |
| Spanish | compensar, indemnizar, recompensar | |
| Catalan | compensar, indemnitzar | |
| Meaning | make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "I have to make up a French exam" | |
| Synonym | catch up with | |
| Broader | recover, recoup, recuperate | regain or make up for |
| Spanish | reponer | |
| Nouns | makeup, make-up | an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event |
| Meaning | make up something artificial or untrue. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | fabricate, manufacture, cook up, invent | |
| Narrower | confabulate | unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory |
| mythologize, mythologise | Construct a myth | |
| spin | make up a story | |
| trump up, concoct | invent | |
| vamp, vamp up | make up | |
| Broader | think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct | devise or invent / invent |
| See also | make | make or cause to be or to become |
| Spanish | fabricar, inventar | |
| Catalan | fabricar, inventar | |
| Meaning | put in order or neaten. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "make up a room" | |
| Synonym | make | |
| Broader | tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away | put (things or places) in order |
| Similar to | make | Gather and light the materials for |
| Catalan | endreçar, fer | |
| Meaning | Adjust for. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | compensate, counterbalance, correct, even out, even off, even up | |
| Narrower | carry | compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance |
| cover, compensate, overcompensate | make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | |
| Broader | balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise | Bring into balance or equilibrium |
| Spanish | compensar, contrapesar, corregir | |
| Catalan | contrapesar | |
| Meaning | Come to terms. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | reconcile, patch up, conciliate, settle | |
| Narrower | make peace | end hostilities |
| propitiate, appease | make peace with | |
| Broader | agree, hold, concur, concord | Be in accord / accord |
| Spanish | avenir, conciliar, decidir, reconciliar | |
| Catalan | decidir | |
| Meaning | apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Narrower | highlight | Apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent |
| lipstick | apply lipstick to | |
| powder | apply powder to | |
| rouge | redden by applying rouge to | |
| Broader | groom, neaten | care for one's external appearance |
| Spanish | maquillarse, maquillar | |
| Catalan | maquillar-se, maquillar | |
| Nouns | makeup, make-up | cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance |
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