make-up

Universal Words noun 1 [U] substances used especially by women to make their faces look more attractive, or used by actors to change their appearance: eye make-up * to put on your make-up * She never wears make-up. * a make-up artist (= a person whose job is to put make-up on the faces of actors and models) 2 [sing.] the different qualities that combine to form sb's character: Jealousy is not part of his make-up. * The final act exposes the fatal flaws in his make-up. * a person's genetic make-up * The report studies the psychological make-up of a serial killer. 3 [sing.] ~ (of sth) the different things, people, etc. that combine to form sth; the way in which they combine: the make-up of a TV audience * (technical) the page make-up of a text (= the way in which the words and pictures are arranged on a page) 4 [C] (AmE) a special exam taken by students who missed or failed an earlier one