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# makeover

«makeover» in Mova's school dictionary: **A big change to how a person looks, with new clothes…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a makeover, makeovers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A big change to how a person looks, with new clothes, hair or make-up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeover/#m1)

2) A big change to make a room, building or place look better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeover/#m2)

3) (informal) Any change that makes something new and better: «The team needs a makeover». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeover/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and TV shows makeovers change bedrooms, gardens and people. In stories a makeover often shows a character changing on the outside, while the lesson is that what matters is inside. Phrases: «give something a makeover», «a bedroom makeover», «a complete makeover».

### examples

- We gave my bedroom a makeover with new paint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeover/#x1)
- The old library got a makeover and now looks amazing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeover/#x2)
- On the show, a family got a garden makeover. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeover/#x3)
- My sister did a makeover on Grandma's hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeover/#x4)
- The website needs a makeover. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeover/#x5)
- After the makeover, the classroom was bright and colourful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeover/#x6)

### note

One word, countable. Verb phrase: «make over» (two words): «They made over the kitchen».

### In the corpora

- [Makeover shows and influencers' "perfect" routines are often selling products; nobody needs a makeover to be worth something.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/54-reality-tv-what-is-staged-and-what-is-real/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «makeover» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeover/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.