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made-up

[ meyd-uhp ]

adjective

  1. concocted; falsely fabricated or invented:

    a made-up story.

  2. being in makeup; wearing facial cosmetics.
  3. put together; finished.


made-up

adjective

  1. invented; fictional

    a made-up story

  2. wearing make-up

    a well made-up woman

  3. put together; assembled
  4. (of a road) surfaced with asphalt, concrete, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of made-up1

First recorded in 1600–10
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“This all could be alcoholic made-up stories. But in prison she wasn’t drinking. It was very consistent, and it never changed…. She was very mad that she got caught. She hated to lose.”

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"We look for confidence in our achievements, our appearance, our accomplishments," intoned the perfectly coiffed and made-up Angela Halili on a recent episode of the "Girls Gone Bible" podcast.

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At times, they sang in what they called “a made-up language.”

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"The scenes are imaginary, the conversations are fake, the dialogue is made-up, and once again, just like his other books falsely attacking President Trump, nobody believes any of it," they wrote.

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One of the most generous and kind leaders I met in the 1980s was a union leader in Chicago, and he would always say, “You really can’t beat a made-up mind.”

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