make up something

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

make up sth phrasal verb [ made up sth made up sth made up sth makes up sth making up sth ]
to form a particular thing, amount or number as a whole
• Road accident victims make up almost a quarter of the hospital's patients.
• The book is made up of a number of different articles.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Comprising and consisting of ↑Including and containing
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