EGAVE

make up

About 21.23 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To constitute, to compose. To constitute the components of a whole. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. verb To constitute the components of a whole. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  3. verb To compensate, to fill in, to catch up. To compensate for (a deficiency, defect, etc.); to supply (something missing).
    He can make up the time next week.
  4. verb To compensate for (a deficiency, defect, etc.); to supply (something missing).
    He can make up the time next week.
  5. verb To compensate (for).
    What I lack in patience, I make up for in drive.
  6. verb To invent, to imagine, to concoct To invent or fabricate (a story, claim, etc.).
    He was a great storyteller and could make up a story on the spot.
  7. verb To invent or fabricate (a story, claim, etc.).
    He was a great storyteller and could make up a story on the spot.
  8. verb To assemble, to prepare. To compile or draw up (a list, document, etc.). To put together (a substance, material, garment, medicine, etc.) into a specific form; to assemble.
    I can make up a batch of stew in a few minutes, but it will take a few hours to cook.

Similar words

fabricate manufacture make comprise patch up constitute settle invent conciliate pay

Word family

made up makes up making up

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