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- US Pronunciation
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- [meyk uhp too]
- /meɪk ʌp tu/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [meyk uhp too]
- /meɪk ʌp tu/
Definitions of make up to words
- verb with object make up to to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art. 1
- verb with object make up to to produce; cause to exist or happen; bring about: to make trouble; to make war. 1
- verb with object make up to to cause to be or become; render: to make someone happy. 1
- verb with object make up to to appoint or name: The president made her his special envoy. 1
- verb with object make up to to put in the proper condition or state, as for use; fix; prepare: to make a bed; to make dinner. 1
- verb with object make up to to bring into a certain form: to make bricks out of clay. 1
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Origin of make up to
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English maken, Old English macian; cognate with Low German, Dutch maken, German machen
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Parts of speech for Make up to
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
make up to popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for make up to
verb make up to
- feel — to perceive or examine by touch.
- advise — If you advise someone to do something, you tell them what you think they should do.
- greet — to lament; bewail.
- address — Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
- beseech — If you beseech someone to do something, you ask them very eagerly and anxiously.
Antonyms for make up to
verb make up to
- distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- answer — When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
- depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- go away — leave!
- leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
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