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made-up definition

made·-up (-up′)

adjective

  1. put together; arranged a made-up page of type
  2. invented; fabricated; false a made-up story
  3. with cosmetics applied

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made-up Synonyms

made-up

modif.

  1. False

    invented, concocted, fabricated, fictitious; see false 2, 3, unreal.

  2. Marked by the use of make-up

    painted, rouged, powdered, colored, freshened, reddened, cosmeticized.


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made-up Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • range: The Center is equipped with extensive computational facilities made-up of a wide range of traditional and state of the art supercomputing systems.

Modifies a noun

  • date: The number of shares of each class held by each member of the company at the made-up date of the annual return.

Modifying Another Word

  • heavily: Even on her big day, her fresh face couldn't be farther from the heavily made-up cover girls of bridal magazines.

Used with adjective complement

  • sound: Sounds very made-up, but I've been assured by a few people that it's true.
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