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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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Bea is suggesting made-up names that sound like they could have been invented by a brand manager at an advertising agency.
He justified the fib by saying the made-up support would be more credible than self-promotion alone.
The race will stick to made-up roads and MAFF has given permission for it to go ahead despite the foot and mouth crisis.
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.
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.
We got home bearing made-up sandwiches for lunch and it wasn't long before I was putting my head down on my pillow for a well-earned doze.

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