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What does made-up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word made-up? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.
  2. invented or fabricated
  3. changed by the application of cosmetics
  4. arranged or put together
  5. (Britain, regional) delighted, pleased, thrilled
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Precious or not, made-up stories take us forward or back in time and put us inside the souls of people with whom we have nothing in common.
Bea is suggesting made-up names that sound like they could have been invented by a brand manager at an advertising agency.
I remember a time as a child when my sister and I shared an imaginary world of made-up creatures.
He justified the fib by saying the made-up support would be more credible than self-promotion alone.
In my book, Thanksgiving is just some made-up holiday someone invented to sell more turkeys, so I wasn't going to do anything for it.
His face's painted and he's all made-up, looking, in fact, exactly how a pop star should.

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