Jul 14, 2017 · The estranged son made up with his father after his mother's death. To "make it up to (someone)" means to offer redress for a wrong you have committed against them, or a favor they did for you. Tom was late for his date, so he offered to make it up to her by taking her to a really nice restaurant the following week. If you can babysit my son ...

Jun 19, 2013 · The table is made of wood. X is made up of Y's (Plural). Made of is used in the sense composed of one material or one thing. Made up of is used in the sense composed of several things. Examples: This machine is made up of several electronics components. The board is made up of all the presidents of the world.

@ColinFine The three definitions I gave are not definitions of terry's complete phrase "you feel (all) made up": they are definitions of the "(all) made up" part. The comparison you're making involving corresponding infinitive forms is meaningless because …

Sep 26, 2015 · Your initial intuition is correct. The meaning of made up can be intuited from the context. More specifically, it simply seems to have the meaning of make, just as some people say clean while others say clean up. It is a bit old-fashioned, so far as I can tell. Here is an instance from a 19th-century trial :

Made up of can be used like this: The Executive Committee shall be made up of a Chairperson and six members. The advisory team was made up of researchers and specialized social workers. Those courts have tribunals made up of three judges, one of whom is the president.

Jan 11, 2013 · In this scenario, it is not wrong to use make up my mind since ODO suggests that it has the definition: make up one's mind. make a decision; decide: He made up his mind to attend the meeting. and COCA shows that the phrase make up my mind about something has actually been used though a better way to write it would be. I made up my mind to quit ...

The ambiguity in tense comes down to the multiple senses of the verb made. Here are two questions we might ask, the first in the past tense and the second in the present tense: What was it manufactured from? What is it composed of? The word made can have both of these senses: to be manufactured and to be composed of. Note, too, the different ...

Jan 24, 2015 · "A includes B and C" could mean that A is made up of B, C, and possibly other things. For example, a cake batter (A) could include flour (B) and sugar (C). It could also include eggs (D). "A consists of B and C" means that B and C are the only components of A. For example, a glue (A) might consist of flour (B) and water (C).

Jul 15, 2015 · Make up can also be used as a verb, where is can mean to make up something that is incomplete or to make up something so that it is repaired or made good: make up, v. a. trans. To make good, to compensate for (something that is wanting); to supply (a deficiency). Freq. also to make up (lost) ground . b. trans. To supply the shortfall or ...

Mar 25, 2024 · Your granting permission makes up for the lost time, but doesn't make up the lost time itself. If you grant 30 minutes of TV time but your daughter chooses not to watch for the allotted time, you could say that you made up for the missed time (you corrected the earlier problem), even though she did not make up the time (she did not actually ...