Definition of Makeover

1. Noun. An overall beauty treatment (involving a person's hair style and cosmetics and clothing) intended to change or improve a person's appearance.

Generic synonyms: Beauty Treatment
Derivative terms: Make Over

2. Noun. A complete reconstruction and renovation of something. "The blighted neighborhood underwent a total makeover"
Generic synonyms: Reconstruction
Derivative terms: Make Over

Definition of Makeover

1. Noun. A major change in the use of something, or in the appearance of something or someone; a radical transformation ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Makeover

1. a changing of appearance [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Makeover

makebates
makebelieve
maked
makedom
makee
makefast
makefasts
makefile
makefiles
makegame
makegoods
makeing
makeless
makeout
makeover (current term)
makeovers
maker
maker's name
maker-outer
maker-upper
makereadies
makeready
makeress
makeresses
makers
makes
makes a hash of
makes a living
makes an effort

Literary usage of Makeover

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Rhyming Dictionary: Answering, at the Same Time, the Purposes of Spelling by John Walker (1806)
"To con-sign1 To makeover to another; to trust, va To tmnt'tr-sign To undersign, va De-sign1 Int ntion; plan; scheme, s, ..."

2. Oyster Bay Town Records by Oyster Bay (N.Y.), John Cox, George William Cocks, Daniel Underhill (1916)
"... Do by these presents Transmit assigne and makeover unto John Townsend Senj. ... december 1668 I say I do hereby assigne and makeover ye abovesaid Twenty ..."

3. Georgia and the Carolinas by Norman Renouf, Kathy Renouf (1999)
"... and then, in a makeover session reasonably priced at $89.95, either make subtle changes that give a natural look or do a high fashion makeover. ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and by John Barnard Byles, Maurice Barnard Byles, Walter John Barnard Byles (1899)
"... it is conceived, be a sufficient transfer by delivery; so, too, if a holder makeover by deed,or perhaps by any valid written or even verbal contract, ..."

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