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Alternative form of makeup.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
To constitute, to compose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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To constitute, to compose.
To constitute the components of a whole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: compose, form, compound, comprise, constitute, indite, make up, represent, upmake
Antonyms: none provided
To compensate, to fill in, to catch up.
To compensate for (a deficiency, defect, etc.); to supply (something missing).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- He can make up the time next week.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To compensate, to fill in, to catch up.
To compensate (for).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- What I lack in patience, I make up for in drive.
- I plan to make up for my failed midterm.
- Cuba took limited free market-oriented measures to alleviate severe shortages of food, consumer goods, and services to make up for the ending of Soviet subsidies.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To invent, to imagine, to concoct
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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To invent, to imagine, to concoct
To invent or fabricate (a story, claim, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He was a great storyteller and could make up a story on the spot.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To assemble, to prepare.
To compile or draw up (a list, document, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
To assemble, to prepare.
To put together (a substance, material, garment, medicine, etc.) into a specific form; to assemble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I can make up a batch of stew in a few minutes, but it will take a few hours to cook.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To assemble, to prepare.
To prepare (someone) for a theatrical performance by means of costume, cosmetics, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, reflexive, transitive
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Antonyms: none provided
To apply cosmetics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
To apply cosmetics.
To apply cosmetics or makeup to (a face, facial feature).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, reflexive, transitive
Examples
- Let's leave as soon as I make up my face.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cosmeticize, fard
Antonyms: none provided
To make peace, to settle a dispute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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To make peace, to settle a dispute.
To resolve or settle an argument, dispute, conflict, or fight (e.g., with someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Examples
- They fight a lot, but they always manage to make up.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: make peace
Antonyms: none provided
To arrange, to advance.
To arrange (a marriage); to organise (a treaty).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To arrange, to advance.
To draw near to, approach to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To arrange, to advance.
To make social or romantic advances to; to pay court to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
To build, to complete.
To build, construct (a tower, city, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To build, to complete.
To build up (a bank, wall, etc.) where it has fallen away; to repair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She makes herself up every morning
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: groom, neaten
Narrower terms: highlight, lipstick, rouge, powder
put in order or neaten
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- make the bed
- make up a room
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: make
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away
come to terms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- After some discussion we finally made up
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reconcile, patch up, conciliate, settle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: agree, hold, concur, concord
Narrower terms: propitiate, appease, make peace
make up something artificial or untrue
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fabricate, manufacture, cook up, invent
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct
Narrower terms: mythologize, mythologise, confabulate, trump up, concoct, spin, vamp, vamp up
devise or compose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This designer makes up our Spring collections
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: design
do or give something to somebody in return
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pay, pay off, compensate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: settle
make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I have to make up a French exam
- Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: catch up with
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: recover, recoup, recuperate
form or compose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This money is my only income
- The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance
- These constitute my entire belonging
- The children made up the chorus
- This sum represents my entire income for a year
- These few men comprise his entire army
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: constitute, represent, comprise, be
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: make, compose, form, constitute, range, straddle, fall into, fall under, present, pose, supplement
adjust for
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: compensate, counterbalance, correct, even out, even off, even up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise
Narrower terms: carry, cover, compensate, overcompensate
From Middle English maken up, equivalent to make + up (adverb).
Across languages
Translations
169 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
təşkil etmək
— to constitute, to compose
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Bulgarian:
съставям
(sǎstavjam)
— to constitute, to compose
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Catalan:
constituir
— to constitute, to compose
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Chinese Mandarin:
組成 /组成
(zǔchéng)
— to constitute, to compose
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Esperanto:
konsistigi
— to constitute, to compose
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Finnish:
muodostaa
— to constitute, to compose
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French:
constituer
— to constitute, to compose
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French:
composer
— to constitute, to compose
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Georgian:
შედგენა
(šedgena)
— to constitute, to compose
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Hungarian:
alkot
— to constitute, to compose
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Hungarian:
kitesz
— to constitute, to compose
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Ido:
kompletigar
— to constitute, to compose
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Irish:
déan suas
— to constitute, to compose
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Italian:
comporsi
— to constitute, to compose
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Latin:
tueor
— to constitute, to compose
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Norwegian Bokmål:
utgjøre
— to constitute, to compose
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Persian:
تشکیل دادن
(taškil dâdan)
— to constitute, to compose
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Russian:
составля́ть
(sostavljátʹ)
— to constitute, to compose
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Russian:
соста́вить
(sostávitʹ)
— to constitute, to compose
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Tagalog:
gawa
— to constitute, to compose
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Ukrainian:
склада́ти
(skladáty)
— to constitute, to compose
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Bulgarian:
компенсирам
(kompensiram)
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Catalan:
compensar
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Chinese Mandarin:
補上 /补上
(bǔshàng)
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Esperanto:
kompensi
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Finnish:
korvata
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Finnish:
hyvittää
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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French:
compenser
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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French:
rattraper
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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German:
wiedergutmachen
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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German:
kompensieren
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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German:
gutmachen
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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German:
ausgleichen
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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German:
aufholen
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Hungarian:
bepótol
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Hungarian:
pótol
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Hungarian:
behoz
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Irish:
folíon
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Italian:
recuperare
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Latin:
compensō
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Māori:
whakapū
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Persian:
جبران کردن
(jobrân kardan)
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Portuguese:
compensar
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Russian:
компенси́ровать
(kompensírovatʹ)
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Russian:
возмеща́ть
(vozmeščátʹ)
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Russian:
возмести́ть
(vozmestítʹ)
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Russian:
навёрстывать
(navjórstyvatʹ)
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Russian:
наверста́ть
(naverstátʹ)
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Spanish:
reponer
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Spanish:
suplir
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Tagalog:
mag-ayos
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Tagalog:
maghabol
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Ukrainian:
компенсува́ти
(kompensuváty)
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Ukrainian:
відшкодо́вувати
(vidškodóvuvaty)
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Ukrainian:
надолу́жувати
(nadolúžuvaty)
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Ukrainian:
надолу́жити
(nadolúžyty)
— to compensate, to fill in, to catch up
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Armenian:
հորինել
(horinel)
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Azerbaijani:
uydurmaq
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Basque:
asmatu
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Bulgarian:
измислям
(izmisljam)
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Catalan:
inventar
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Chinese Mandarin:
編出 /编出
(biānchū)
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Dutch:
verzinnen
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Dutch:
bedenken
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Finnish:
keksiä
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Finnish:
sepittää
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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French:
inventer
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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French:
controuver
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Georgian:
მოგონება
(mogoneba)
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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German:
erfinden
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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German:
ausdenken
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Hungarian:
kitalál
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Hungarian:
kieszel
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Hungarian:
kiötöl
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Hungarian:
kiagyal
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Ingrian:
duumata
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Irish:
déan suas
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Italian:
improvvisare
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Italian:
rimediare
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Italian:
fabbricare
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Italian:
mettere su
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Italian:
tirare fuori
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Italian:
inventare
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Italian:
immaginarsi
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Norwegian:
finne på
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Old English:
āþenċan
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Polish:
wymyślić
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Portuguese:
inventar
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Romanian:
inventa
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Romanian:
imagina
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Romanian:
născoci
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Russian:
приду́мывать
(pridúmyvatʹ)
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Russian:
приду́мать
(pridúmatʹ)
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Serbo-Croatian:
izmisliti
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Spanish:
sacarse de la manga
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Tagalog:
mag-imbento
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Thai:
กุ
(gù)
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Thai:
กุเรื่อง
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Turkish:
uydurmak
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Ottoman Turkish:
دوزمك
(düzmek)
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Ukrainian:
вига́дувати
(vyháduvaty)
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Ukrainian:
ви́гадати
(výhadaty)
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Ukrainian:
виду́мувати
(vydúmuvaty)
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Ukrainian:
ви́думати
(výdumaty)
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Ukrainian:
приду́мувати
(prydúmuvaty)
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Ukrainian:
приду́мати
(prydúmaty)
— to invent, to imagine, to concoct
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Bulgarian:
комплектувам
(komplektuvam)
— to assemble, to prepare
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Catalan:
assemblar
— to assemble, to prepare
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Chinese Mandarin:
製成 /制成
(zhìchéng)
— to assemble, to prepare
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Finnish:
valmistaa
— to assemble, to prepare
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German:
zusammenstellen
— to assemble, to prepare
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German:
zusammenbauen
— to assemble, to prepare
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German:
zusammensetzen
— to assemble, to prepare
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Hungarian:
összeállít
— to assemble, to prepare
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Hungarian:
elkészít
— to assemble, to prepare
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Hungarian:
összerak
— to assemble, to prepare
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Russian:
собира́ть
(sobirátʹ)
— to assemble, to prepare
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Russian:
собра́ть
(sobrátʹ)
— to assemble, to prepare
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Tagalog:
gawa
— to assemble, to prepare
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Afrikaans:
grimeer
— to apply cosmetics
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Basque:
makillatu
— to apply cosmetics
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Bulgarian:
гримирам
(grimiram)
— to apply cosmetics
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Catalan:
maquillar
— to apply cosmetics
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Catalan:
maquillar-se
— to apply cosmetics
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Chinese Mandarin:
上妝 /上妆
(shàngzhuāng)
— to apply cosmetics
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Finnish:
meikata
— to apply cosmetics
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Finnish:
ehostaa
— to apply cosmetics
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French:
maquiller
— to apply cosmetics
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French:
se maquiller
— to apply cosmetics
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German:
schminken
— to apply cosmetics
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Hungarian:
sminkel
— to apply cosmetics
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Hungarian:
kifest
— to apply cosmetics
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Italian:
truccarsi
— to apply cosmetics
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Māori:
whakapaipai
— to apply cosmetics
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Māori:
whakanako
— to apply cosmetics
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Portuguese:
maquiar
— to apply cosmetics
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Portuguese:
maquilhar
— to apply cosmetics
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Romanian:
machia
— to apply cosmetics
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Russian:
кра́ситься
(krásitʹsja)
— to apply cosmetics
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Serbo-Croatian:
шми̑нкати
— to apply cosmetics
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Serbo-Croatian:
šmȋnkati
— to apply cosmetics
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Slovene:
ličiti
— to apply cosmetics
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Slovene:
naličiti
— to apply cosmetics
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Spanish:
maquillar
— to apply cosmetics
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Spanish:
maquillarse
— to apply cosmetics
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Swedish:
sminka
— to apply cosmetics
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Tagalog:
mag-ayos
— to apply cosmetics
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Turkish:
makyaj yapmak
— to apply cosmetics
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Vietnamese:
trang điểm
— to apply cosmetics
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Catalan:
fer les paus
— to make peace, to settle a dispute
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Catalan:
reconciliar-se
— to make peace, to settle a dispute
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Chinese Mandarin:
和解
(héjiě)
— to make peace, to settle a dispute
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Finnish:
sopia
— to make peace, to settle a dispute
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Finnish:
tehdä sovinto
— to make peace, to settle a dispute
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French:
se réconcilier
— to make peace, to settle a dispute
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German:
sich versöhnen
— to make peace, to settle a dispute
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German:
sich aussöhnen
— to make peace, to settle a dispute
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Hungarian:
kibékül
— to make peace, to settle a dispute
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Italian:
conciliarsi
— to make peace, to settle a dispute
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Italian:
fare pace
— to make peace, to settle a dispute
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Polish:
pogodzić się
— to make peace, to settle a dispute
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Portuguese:
resolver
— to make peace, to settle a dispute
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Portuguese:
fazer as pazes
— to make peace, to settle a dispute
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Russian:
мири́ться
(mirítʹsja)
— to make peace, to settle a dispute
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Russian:
помири́ться
(pomirítʹsja)
— to make peace, to settle a dispute
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Spanish:
reconciliarse
— to make peace, to settle a dispute
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Tagalog:
magbati
— to make peace, to settle a dispute
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French:
arranger
— to arrange, to advance
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French:
réparer
— to build, to complete