ˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃ(ə)n ˌkɑnstɪˈtuʃ(ə)n cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance the way in which someone or something is composed an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event he missed the test and had to take a makeup the two teams played a makeup one week later