making.
The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
Meaning & usage
The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
during the making of the movie
Process of growth or development.
As a child, he didn’t seem like a genius in the making.
Something that causes somebody's success or progress
a book that was the making of his career
Where this word comes from
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.
present participle and gerund of make
Where this word comes from
From make + -ing.
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