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make-up

make-up

4 4.2
The parts that form a person, group or thing
  • noun
  • /ˈmeɪkˌʌp/
translation icon : composición
  • You were chosen because of your matrix engineering background and the make-up of your personality.
  • psychological make-up

That's how we you know, that's how we're that's a genetic make up.

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Examples

  • So yeah, the things that we eat strongly influence the make up of microbes that share our bodies.

  • Evidence regarding Queeg's mental make-up is of great importance here.

    The Caine Mutiny (1954)

  • What is the best musical instrument for a child with a particular make-up?

    Academic text (1992)

  • One day accessing one's genetic make-up will be as easy as running a credit check.

    If Only (2004)

  • Their social, outgoing, and inquisitive nature is part of their make-up.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Syria has played an often unhelpful part in Lebanon's Byzantine religious and political make-up.

    Blog text (19)

  • But evangelization itself is, according to the pope, a "complex process made up of varied elements: the renewal of humanity, witness, explicit proclamation, inner adherence, entry into the community, acceptance of signs, apostolic initiative."

    Academic text (2007)

  • Jan-Ola Ostman's discussion of pragmatics draws attention to the relationship between language and language users whose culture, psychological make-up, and sociological background determine the context in which their communicative acts are performed.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The scientist studied the genetic make-up of the endangered species to understand its evolution.

  • The cultural make-up of the city is diverse, reflecting influences from many different communities.

Synonyms

makeup
vsmake-up
119 2.8

Parts and qualities that form a person or group

is the same meaning but written with a hyphen
composition
vsmake-up
99 4.1

The parts and amounts that make up something

focuses on the overall set of qualities rather than the arranging process
constitution
vsmake-up
33 3.9

The way something is made up, for example a person's health or the parts of an object

is a more general term for the combined qualities or components

How Complex

system
∞ 2.7
structure
790 3.5
make-up
4 4.2
component
447 3.4
part
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

make-up singular
make-ups plural

Morphology

make-up = make (semi-transparent) = up + make

The sense of 'composition' is related to the phrasal idea of something being made up of parts, but the current noun meaning is somewhat lexicalized. [Postprocessing: moved 'up' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Make-up here comes from make + up, meaning 'what something is made of' or how its parts are put together. So the make-up of a person, soil, or group is the set of parts that form it.