makeover

See also: make-over and make over

English

Alternative forms

• make-over

Pronunciation

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Noun

makeover (plural makeovers)

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

   This room is a mess; it needs a makeover.

   • 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

     There was no furniture or carpet to speak of. The wallpaper was peeling off the walls and there was a smell of damp everywhere. It was as if they were living like squatters in their own flat. However, this was no time for a makeover, even a fifteen-minute one like on TV […] .

Antonyms

• makeunder

Coordinate terms

• facelift
• overhaul
• revamp

Derived terms

• mummy makeover

Related terms

• make over (verb)

Translations

a major change in use or appearance

• Catalan: reforma (ca) f
• French: relooking (fr) m
• German: Umgestaltung (de) f, Überarbeitung (de) f, Renovierung (de) f, Neugestaltung (de) f, Aufarbeitung (de) f, Instandsetzung (de) f, Umarbeitung (de) f, Neuaufstellung f
• Hebrew: מַהְפָּךְ (he) m (mahapách)
• Italian: riconversione (it) f
• Japanese: 変身 (ja) (へんしん, henshin)
• Portuguese: reforma (pt) f, renovação (pt) f
• Spanish: renovación (es) f, cambio de imagen m

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