made-up
Americanadjective
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concocted; falsely fabricated or invented.
a made-up story.
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being in makeup; wearing facial cosmetics.
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put together; finished.
adjective
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invented; fictional
a made-up story
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wearing make-up
a well made-up woman
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put together; assembled
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(of a road) surfaced with asphalt, concrete, etc
Etymology
Origin of made-up
First recorded in 1600–10
Example Sentences
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Made up of fine sand and mineral particles it has travelled thousands of miles on warm air currents.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
Made up of thousands of islands, the Philippines sits in the so-called Ring of Fire, a seismic arc of volcanoes and fault lines around the Pacific basin that also includes Indonesia and Japan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025
Made up of amino acids, the SPNS2 protein is malleable enough to change its shape and structure to release the S1P signalling molecules through small cavities found within the protein.
From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024
Made up entirely of Harvard undergraduates, Hasty Pudding Theatricals is the third-oldest theatrical group in the world, according to its website.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2024
Made up of archaeologists and divers from France, England, and the United States, this multinational group included Frederic Dumas, on loan from Jacques Cousteau’s team of divers, and the pioneering archaeologist Honor Frost.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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