making

making
[[t]me͟ɪkɪŋ[/t]]
makings
1) N-UNCOUNT: the N of n, n N The making of something is the act or process of producing or creating it.

...Salamon's book about the making of this movie...

Ducks' eggs are particularly prized for cake making.

2) PHRASE: usu n PHR If you describe a person or thing as something in the making, you mean that they are going to become known or recognized as that thing.

Her drama teacher is confident Julie is a star in the making...

I think it's a disaster in the making.

3) PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n If something is the making of a person or thing, it is the reason that they become successful or become very much better than they used to be.

This discovery may yet be the making of him.

4) PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n If you say that a person or thing has the makings of something, you mean it seems possible or likely that they will become that thing, as they have the necessary qualities.

Godfrey had the makings of a successful journalist.

5) PHRASE: v-link PHR If you say that something such as a problem you have is of your own making, you mean you have caused or created it yourself.

Some of the university's financial troubles are of its own making...

The Prime Minister, however, is now caught in a trap of her own making.


English dictionary. 2008.

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