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Making

//ˈmeɪkɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act that results in something coming to be wordnet
  3. 3
    Process of growth or development. countable, uncountable

    "As a child, he didn’t seem like a genius in the making."

  4. 4
    (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something wordnet
  5. 5
    an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of make form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "1981, Earliest Usenet use via Google Groups - fa.human-nets, 10 May 1981 09:16-EDT, Robert Elton Maas Soon (30 years?) we'll be making complete DNA and life in reverse, growing food that only reversed creatures cn eat."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English making, from Old English macung (“making”), equivalent to make + -ing. Cognate with dated Dutch making (“making”), Old High German machunga.

Etymology 2

From make + -ing.

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