Made-up
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adjective
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verb
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(As an adjective)
Made-up ( adjective )
- Constructed, fabricated or created artificially.
- Fictitiously invented or imagined.
Origin:
Compound of made and up.
Examples:
- The made-up story was hard to believe.
- She had a made-up excuse for not going to the meeting.
- The made-up character in the book was very interesting.
- He had a made-up name and a made-up job.
- The made-up world was very different from the real one.
(As a verb)
Made-up ( verb )
- Constructed, fabricated or created artificially.
- Fictitiously invented or imagined.
Origin:
Compound of made and up.
Examples:
- The made-up story was hard to believe.
- She had a made-up excuse for not going to the meeting.
- The made-up character in the book was very interesting.
- He had a made-up name and a made-up job.
- The made-up world was very different from the real one.