making up

verb

Definition of making upnext
present participle of make up
1
as in comprising
to be all the substance of the book is made up of 20 chapters

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2
as in devising
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination she keeps making up excuses as to why she hasn't yet finished the project

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3
as in building
to form by putting together parts or materials we'll have to make up the bookcase, which came in a box marked "some assembly required"

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for making up
  1. comprising
  2. building
  3. composing
  4. assembling
  5. making
  6. inventing
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  • The National Bank of Poland was the largest buyer in Q2, with gold now comprising 13% of their total reserves.
    Bob Haber, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • How fun the designer seemed to be having when comprising the looks at their respective shows.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of comprising
Verb
  • Scientists are also trying to exploit the fungus’s sensitivity to temperature by building Bd-free habitats or moving frogs to locales where the fungus can’t survive.
    Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Some of the funding will support building the third facility.
    Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of building
Verb
  • The tune is the second that Cave, who has been composing film scores with his creative partner Warren Ellis for years, has contributed to a movie soundtrack this year.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Romeo + Juliet is your first time composing for Broadway.
    Ilana Kaplan, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of composing
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  • Groove Botanicals plans to focus on assembling a portfolio of early-stage EV Battery Technologies and is seeking grants and corporate partners to commercialize these technologies.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • All new writers, a new showrunner and of course, at some point assembling a cast, which did not manifest before all this.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of assembling
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  • Baby boomers are the most likely generation to be working multiple jobs at once, as inflation and high costs of living are making retirement a more distant dream.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In fact, the upstarts of fintech already are making inroads into the private credit industry.
    Don Muir, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of making
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  • But that doesn’t stop our team from inventing new products and services to help ensure pets get the best care possible.
    Alexandre Douzet, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Artists took bold sonic swings, inventing genres like New Wave with its fusion of punk, rock, pop, and reggae, along with a metric ton of synth.
    Juan Velasquez, Them, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of inventing
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