Making

//ˈmeɪkɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·Middle school level

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."

Synonyms

All synonyms
devisingaccessionacquirementacquisitionadditionall powerful

Example

More examples

"Stop it! You're making her feel uncomfortable!"

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.

Related phrases

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