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makeup

ma·keup

UK/ˈmeɪkʌp/ US/ˈmeɪˌkʌp/ common

noun

1.
3.

an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event

  • “he missed the test and had to take a makeup”
  • “the two teams played a makeup one week later”

Origin

Deverbal from make up. Noun sense 2 is a semantic loan from French maquillage, from maquiller (“to make up, fabricate”).

Phrases

  • face without makeup
  • kabuki makeup syndrome
  • makeup artist
  • makeup call
  • makeup editor
  • makeup remover
  • mineral makeup

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