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        make·up

        makeup

         
         
        pronunciation:
        meI kuhp [or] meIk uhp
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        part of speech: noun
        definition 1: lipstick, powder, and other cosmetics put on the face to change the way it looks or to make it look better.
        On Halloween he put on makeup to look like a pirate.
         
        definition 2: the way the parts of something are put together.
        The makeup of Congress was half Democratic and half Republican.
        similar words:
        composition, structure
        definition 3: the basic character of a person.
        It was not in his makeup to be mean to others.
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