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makeup

or make-up

[ meyk-uhp ]

noun

  1. facial cosmetics, as eye shadow or lipstick.
  2. cosmetics used on other parts of the body, as to cover birthmarks.
  3. the application of cosmetics.
  4. the ensemble or effect created by such application:

    Her makeup was subtle but very effective.

  5. the total ensemble of cosmetics, wigs, costumes, etc., used by an actor or other performer.
  6. the manner of being made up or put together; composition:

    the makeup of a team; the makeup of a situation.

  7. physical or mental constitution:

    the makeup of a criminal.

  8. the art, technique, or process of arranging or laying out, as pages in a publication.
  9. the appearance of a page, book, newspaper, or the like, resulting from the arrangement and the variation in size and style of the printed elements:

    The makeup would be helped by a picture in this corner.

  10. Printing. the arrangement of set type, cuts, etc., into columns or pages.
  11. an examination, assignment, or the like, given to offset a student's previous absence or failure.
  12. an amount owed; balance.


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Other Word Forms

  • ԴDz·u adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of makeup1

First recorded in 1805–15; noun use of verb phrase make up
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Example Sentences

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After all, it’s hard to be taken seriously when the “entire” Pentagon considers Hegseth a cable news clown with bad tattoos who wants to install a makeup room in the Pentagon.

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Recent news reports have given Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plenty of reason to sweat under the bright lights, but he still doesn't want people to know where he fixes his makeup.

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Patrick Starrr, who produces makeup tutorial videos, said he made his first $1 million through YouTube at the age of 25.

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He’s a gay makeup artist who entered the United States last August to keep a pre-arranged asylum appointment.

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"Some unhinged lunatic, a man, wearing daisy dukes, at a makeup store, got in my face today. Dems are nuts. So I went off - and I won’t be backing down," she captioned the post.

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