makeup
- noun
- /ˈmeɪkʌp/
- And then she said that, um, it's in people's genetic makeup.
- racial makeup
- genetic makeup
- ethnic makeup
So I highly recommend knowing the makeup of this room.
- So I highly recommend knowing the makeup of this room.
- What's our genetic, what's our genetic makeup leading us towards?
- And so it's your inner strength and makeup and infrastructure.
Examples
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Within this ethnographic dichotomy, what effect does the racial makeup of faculty have on minority student success?
Academic text (2013) -
Have you given any thought to what the makeup of your Cabinet might be?
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OK, and that is the makeup of the day.
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So I highly recommend knowing the makeup of this room.
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How small groups are structured depends on the makeup of the class.
Academic text (2011) -
Tradition was as much a part of her makeup as rebellion was of ours.
Fiction book (2000) -
The degree of economic cooperation and the number and makeup of cooperating countries are critical factors.
Academic text (1994) -
One possible explanation relates to the ideological makeup of political scientists in New York State's colleges and universities.
Academic text (1994) -
Using 2-way contingency table analyses, similarities and differences in the demographic makeup of the two groups were observed.
Academic text (2013) -
The makeup of the team includes a diverse range of skills and experiences.
Synonyms
The parts and amounts that make up something
The way something is made up, for example a person's health or the parts of an object
The parts that form a person, group or thing
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Makeup comes from the phrase make up, which means 'to put together' or 'to form' from parts. So the makeup of a group is the parts or qualities that form the whole.