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made-up

[meyd-uhp]

adjective

  1. concocted; falsely fabricated or invented.

    a made-up story.

  2. being in makeup; wearing facial cosmetics.

  3. put together; finished.



made-up

adjective

  1. invented; fictional

    a made-up story

  2. wearing make-up

    a well made-up woman

  3. put together; assembled

  4. (of a road) surfaced with asphalt, concrete, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of made-up1

First recorded in 1600–10
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"This is just a made-up excuse in order to create a system that looks like it's helping people without actually helping people," he says.

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Even if seeking realism in creatures that only exist in our imagination might seem counterintuitive, the goal is to make them feel palpable within their made-up realm.

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It’s this weird thing, when people watch a TV show that you made, you really want it to feel real and not made-up.

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I daydreamed completely made-up scenes in my head, like the day when Luthen made Kleya laugh for the very first time, or happy memories between them.

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After performing a made-up commercial for a handful of talent representatives, one urged her to move to New York for the summer to try her hand at professional auditions.

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