makeup
- noun
- /ˈmeɪkʌp/
- And then she said that, um, it's in people's genetic makeup.
- racial makeup
- genetic makeup
- ethnic makeup
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Watch on YouTubeSo 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?
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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.
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Tradition was as much a part of her makeup as rebellion was of ours.
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The degree of economic cooperation and the number and makeup of cooperating countries are critical factors.
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One possible explanation relates to the ideological makeup of political scientists in New York State's colleges and universities.
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Using 2-way contingency table analyses, similarities and differences in the demographic makeup of the two groups were observed.
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The makeup of the team includes a diverse range of skills and experiences.
Synonyms
The parts and amounts that make up something
The parts that form a person, group or thing
The way something is made up, for example a person's health or the parts of an object
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.