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make·o·ver

(māk′ō′vər)

An overall treatment to improve something or make something more attractive or appealing.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

make•o•ver

(ˈmeɪkˌoʊ vər)

n.

1. renovation; restoration.

2. a course of cosmetic treatments and hair styling, usu. to change one's look.

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Noun	1.	makeover - an overall beauty treatment (involving a person's hair style and cosmetics and clothing) intended to change or improve a person's appearance beauty treatment - enhancement of someone's personal beauty
	2.	makeover - a complete reconstruction and renovation of something; "the blighted neighborhood underwent a total makeover" reconstruction - the activity of constructing something again

Translations

تـَحَوُّلٌ فِيْ الْـمَظْهَرِ

přeměna

skønhedspleje

Verschönerung

ανανέωση

remodelación

täydellinen uudistaminen

relooking rénovation

preobrazba

restauro

改造

고쳐만들기

создание нового облика

makeover

การเปลี่ยนแปลง

yenilemek

sự tân trang

装饰

makeover

[ˈmeɪkəʊvəʳ] N

1. (lit) (by beautician) → sesión f de maquillaje y peluquería

2. (fig) → lavado m de cara

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

makeover

[ˈmeɪkəʊvə^r] n

[person, room] → relooking m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

makeover

n (= beauty treatment) → Schönheitskur f; (of car, building) → Verschönerung f; to give somebody a complete makeover (= give new clothes, hairstyle etc) → jdm einen neuen Look verpassen (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

makeover

→ تـَحَوُّلٌ فِيْ الْـمَظْهَرِ přeměna skønhedspleje Verschönerung ανανέωση remodelación täydellinen uudistaminen rénovation preobrazba restauro 改造 고쳐만들기 make-over fornyelse przerobienie transformação создание нового облика makeover การเปลี่ยนแปลง yenilemek sự tân trang 装饰

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

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