| ad-lib |
to make up or do without preparation; improvise (something spoken, sung, or played). [2/3 definitions] |
| coin |
to invent or make up (a word or expression). [1/5 definitions] |
| compensate |
to provide with or serve as an equivalent; make up for (often fol. by "for"). [1/4 definitions] |
| compose |
to make up the parts or elements of. [1/6 definitions] |
| compose a number |
in mathematics education, to add together different place values to make a complete number. For example, to compose the number 231, you would add the three place values that make up this number, a 200, a 30, and a 1. |
| confect |
to make up, put together, or manufacture by combining materials or ingredients. [1/2 definitions] |
| fabricate |
to invent with the intention of deceiving; make up. [1/3 definitions] |
| fill |
to prepare or make up (a prescription). [1/9 definitions] |
| global |
taking into account all the parts that make up the whole of something. [1/3 definitions] |
| identity |
the unique and entire set of characteristics that make up what a person or thing is known or considered to be. [1/4 definitions] |
| liberal arts |
the subjects that make up a college degree program, such as literature, history, and philosophy, that emphasize the development of cultural awareness and critical skills rather than practical training for a career or profession. |
| manufacture |
to invent; make up. [1/7 definitions] |
| mugwump |
one who cannot make up his or her mind on political issues. |
| Old Testament |
the Christian name for the Hebrew Scriptures that make up the first of two main divisions of the Christian Bible but the whole of the Jewish Bible. (Cf. New Testament.) [1/2 definitions] |
| partial tone |
in music, any of the pure tones that make up a complex tone; harmonic. |
| provincial |
of or relating to the provinces that make up a country. [1/6 definitions] |
| rank1 |
(pl.) the persons who make up an organization, esp. the military, except for the officers or those in high administrative positions. [1/10 definitions] |
| recompense |
to pay (someone) in order to make up for loss or damage; make restitution to. [1/4 definitions] |
| redeem |
to balance or make up for. [1/7 definitions] |
| school1 |
the group of students who make up an academic institution. [1/8 definitions] |
| supplement |
something necessary to complete a whole or make up for a deficiency. [1/3 definitions] |