make up sth
— phrasal verb with make uk/meɪk/us/meɪk/verb made, made
to form a particular thing, amount, or number as a whole:
Car accident victims make up almost a quarter of the hospital's patients.
The book is made up of a number of different articles.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Comprising and consisting of
- be
- compose
- composition
- comprise
- consist in sth
- consist of sth
- constituent
- constitute
- constitution
- constitutive
- form
- from
- make
- make up
- of