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# makeup

«makeup» in Mova's school dictionary: **coloured creams and powders, like lipstick, mascara and…** — 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 (makeup, uncountable; a make-up — UK); also make-up

### meaning for a pupil

1) Makeup is coloured creams and powders, like lipstick, mascara and foundation, put on the face to change how it looks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeup/#m1)

2) The makeup of something is what it is made of, or the different parts or people in it: «the makeup of the class». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeup/#m2)

3) A person's makeup is their character. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeup/#m3)

4) (US, school) A makeup test or class is one you take later because you missed the first one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeup/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life makeup is used by many adults and by actors on stage; face paint at fairs is a kind of makeup. In science and maths, «the makeup» means the parts of something: «the makeup of the air is about 78% nitrogen». In US schools, a «makeup exam» is a test taken later. Phrases: «put on makeup», «stage makeup», «the makeup of».

### examples

- Mum puts on makeup before work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeup/#x1)
- The actors wore stage makeup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeup/#x2)
- The clown's makeup made him look happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeup/#x3)
- The makeup of the team is five girls and six boys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeup/#x4)
- What is the makeup of the Earth's atmosphere? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeup/#x5)
- Being kind is part of his makeup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeup/#x6)
- (US) I missed the test, so I have a makeup on Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/makeup/#x7)

### note

Spelled «makeup» (more US), «make-up» (more UK) or «make up» as a verb. The verb is two words: «make up» (to invent, to become friends again, or to put on makeup). Uncountable: «a lot of makeup», not «makeups».

### In the corpora

- [A mineral is a natural solid with a fixed chemical makeup and atoms arranged in a regular pattern.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/50-minerals-and-crystals/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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