to make up
239
2.7
- phrasal verb
- /meɪk ʌp/
:
constituir
- These are things that make up a life together.
- make up X percent
- make up the majority
- make up the bulk
We make the symbols that make up the message bigger.
- We make the symbols that make up the message bigger.
- Water, air, and carbon make up a ton of a tree's mass.
- And those small moments are what makes up the entirety of our lives.
- The soil dwelling microbes that make up a plants microbiome.
- So deposits make up more money than cash.
- So with the eight kids, it was like we made-up most of the congregation.
- And so, you know, there's there's all of these things that make up human life going on.
- Particles are tiny objects that make up our entire universe.
- The type that makes up your brain cells are DHA and EPA.
- So protein makes up more of your bones than minerals.
Examples
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Water, air, and carbon make up a ton of a tree's mass.
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And it is precisely these churches that make up a substantial percentage of evangelical growth.
Academic text (1999) -
It's not about most of the things people think make up success.
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For example, the big idea is that objects are made up of many materials.
Academic text (2013) -
Film projects already make up a substantial number of the projects on these sites.
Academic text (2017) -
One idea is that these particles make up dark matter.
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For this style, light grey and white colors make up most of the image.
Academic text (2008) -
In fact, they make up half of my regulars.
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The Kurds in the north, who make up roughly twenty percent of the population, want out.
Academic text (2015) -
Water, air, and carbon make up most of a tree's mass.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To create something by putting parts together
∞
1.0
To make something by joining parts or materials
988
2.8
To make something by joining parts, like a model, plan or team
638
2.7
To mix two or more things into one
313
2.5
To be made of parts or people
201
3.5
To build something by joining parts or materials
169
2.9
To put parts together to make something like a machine or toy
140
4.4
To be the parts that make up a whole
122
4.4
To include parts or members
107
2.1
To make or be a particular part of something
106
3.8
To be the parts that together form something
To make something quickly and roughly using what is available
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
make + up
The meaning 'to form or constitute; to combine together as parts to create a whole' is directly derivable from 'make' (to create or assemble) combined with the particle 'up', which commonly adds a sense of completion or togetherness. This verb+particle compositional pattern is regular in English and cross-linguistically accessible, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would reasonably infer this sense.
Etymology
Make up comes from the idea of parts make up a whole, like puzzle pieces that together form a picture, so it means 'to form' or 'to be the parts of something'.