making
/'meikiɳ/
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Definition
- Noun:
- (usually plural) The components, materials, or qualities needed for making or doing something. This refers to the essential elements or ingredients required to create something or to develop a particular quality.
- The act or process of forming, causing, or producing something. This refers to the action that results in something coming into existence.
- The means of gaining success or advancement. This refers to something that causes a person to develop positively or become successful.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Components/Qualities):
- The recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake.
- She has the makings of a fine musician. (She possesses the essential qualities or potential.)
- Noun (Act/Process):
- The making of the film took three years.
- The devising of plans and the making of decisions are crucial.
- Noun (Means of Success):
- That challenging project was the making of him as a manager. (It was the cause of his development and success.)
Advanced Usage
- "In the making": In the process of being formed or developed.
- The new policy is a revolution in the making.
- He is a star in the making.
- "Of one's own making": Caused by oneself, especially a problem.
- The current crisis is entirely of their own making.
Variants and Related Words
- Maker (n): A person or thing that makes something.
- He is a talented maker of furniture.
- Make (v): The verb form from which "making" is derived, meaning to create, construct, or cause to be.
- She will make a cake.
Synonyms
- Fabrication: The action or process of manufacturing or inventing something.
- Creation: The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- Manufacture: The making of articles on a large scale using machinery.
- Potential: Having or showing the capacity to develop into something in the future.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
(Note: "Making" is a noun form. Related phrasal verbs are formed with the verb "make.") - Make up: To form or constitute; to invent; to reconcile. - These chapters make up the first section of the book. - Make for: To go in the direction of; to help to make possible. - Let's make for the exit. Constant practice makes for improvement.
Related Idioms
- "Have the makings of": To possess the necessary qualities or ingredients to become something.
- This team has the makings of a champion.
- "Be the making of someone": To be the thing that causes someone to become successful or well-developed.
- Moving to the city was the making of her career.
Noun
- (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something
- the recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake
- an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
- her qualifications for the job are excellent
- one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree
- she has the makings of fine musician
- the act that results in something coming to be
- the devising of plans
- the fashioning of pots and pans
- the making of measurements
- it was already in the making