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What (who) is MAKING - definition
making
(makings)
1.
The making of something is the act or process of producing or creating it.
...Salamon's book about the making of this movie...
N-UNCOUNT: the N of n, n N
2.
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...
PHRASE: usu n PHR
3.
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.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n
4.
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.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n
5.
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...
PHRASE: v-link PHR
making
¦ noun
1. the process of making or producing something.
2. (makings) the necessary qualities: she had the makings of a great teacher.
3. (makings) informal, dated earnings or profit.
4. (makings) N. Amer. & Austral./NZ informal paper and tobacco for rolling a cigarette.
Phrases
be the making of someone bring about someone's success or favourable development.
in the making in the process of developing or being made.
of one's (own) making (of a difficulty) caused by oneself.
making
n.
1.
Workmanship, construction, fabrication, formation.
2.
Composition, structure, form, make.
3.
Material.
Examples of use of MAKING
1. "Everybody is making money, the people who supply the equipment are making money, the people who supply the inspections are making money, the contractors are making money.
2. Money–making concern "This has become a money–making concern.
3. Both are history–making spouses of history–making presidential candidates.
4. I think making progress is about making politics work.
5. Making something happen, seeing people flourish, making a difference.