making
noun
1. the act that results in something coming to be
- the making of measurements
- it was already in the making
Similar word(s): devising, fashioning
Definition categories: act, production
2. an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
- she has the makings of fine musician
Similar word(s): qualification
Definition categories: attribute, fitness, fittingness
3. (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something
- the recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake
Definition categories: man–made, component, constituent, element
Sentences with making as a noun:
- As a child he didn’t seem like a genius in the making.
verb
1. present participle of make
- Soon (30 years?) we'll be making complete DNA and life in reverse, growing food that only reversed creatures cn eat. - Earliest Usenet use via Google Groups - fa.human-nets, 10 May 1981 09:16-EDT, Robert Elton Maas