making

nounverbtop 1 000 in film dialogue

//ˈmeɪkɪŋ//
//ˈmɛkɪn//
//ˈmækɪn//

The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.

noun

1
The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
2
Process of growth or development.
As a child, he didn’t seem like a genius in the making.

Etymology

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

verb

1
Also a form of makepresent participle and gerund of make
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

From make + -ing.

Forms

plural: makings

Maker · The Creator, God.makeup · An item's composition.Makin · A surname.

making · The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.

Mako · A surname from Hungarian.mal · illness, affliction.Mal · A short form of given names such as Mallory, Malcolm etc.

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