making

making Definition

mak·ing (māk′iŋ)

noun

the act of one that makes or the process of being made; formation, construction, creation, production, composition, manufacture, development, performance, etc.
the cause or means of success or advancement an experience that will be the making of him
1. something made
2. the quantity made at one time
1. the material or qualities needed for the making or development of something to have the makings of a good doctor
2. ☆ Informal tobacco and paper for making one's own cigarettes: usually preceded by the

making Synonyms

modif.

Preparing
forming, fashioning, manufacturing, producing, fabricating, constructing, forging, turning out, executing, effecting, shaping, building, creating, accomplishing, generating, originating, composing.
Totaling
computing, constituting, reckoning, concluding, consisting of, aggregating, summing, adding up to, producing, arriving at, completing.

making Synonyms

imagination, conception, formulation, devising, fancying, producing, constituting, occasioning, causation, performing, fashioning, building, origination, shaping, forging, designing, planning, fabrication, composition, authoring, contriving; see also construction 1, production 1.

making Usage Examples

Preposition: of

featurette: The absence of a making of featurette or any interviews with the cast will disappoint fans of the movie.
order: Birth parents need the permission of the court to oppose the making of an adoption order.
documentary: Neil Bailey & Tim Lea will edit the making of documentary.
film: The plan includes the making of a film to be used in schools.

Converse of object

authorize: The Bye-laws, in turn, authorize the making of rules for the regulation of the Association's affairs.
decentralize: Decentralized decision making may substantially reduce the future demand for middle managers and routine white-collar work.
inform: Consultation is also a very broad term that means more than a proactive exercise to inform policy making.
solve: Problem solving, decision making and insightful interactive conversations became preferable to information transmission, and fact learning.

Adjective modifier

non-profit: Queen Mother Hospital for Animals Information for Clients Payment The hospital is a self-financing institution which is non-profit making.
evidence-based: Evidence-based policy making must exist: it is just that we never see the processes.
merry: Pipes wailed hauntingly through the glen as folks settled down to their evenings of dance, feasting and general merry making.
informed: The need for informed policy making is ever clearer.
costume: Some work for one of the large costumiers, gaining experience of costume making.
worth: Finally, a number of other points are worth making.

Noun used with modifier

decision: No wonder decision making has become a lost art.
tea/coffee: All rooms include satellite TV, tea/coffee making facilities, hairdryer and direct dial telephone.
jewelry: I work on my artwork part time 2003 awarded a grant from Commissions East to pursue training in silver jewelry making.
decision-: We have a democratic, but efficiently organized, management structure that allows your participation in decision- making.
lace: They can be used to conceal the ' stems ' of flowers which ahve been made in various crafts such as lace making.
policy: The need for informed policy making is ever clearer.

making Quotes

Happiness is like cokeösomething you get as a by- product in the process of making something else.

—Huxley, Aldous Leonard

If a poet is anybody, he is somebody to whom things made matter very littleösomebody who is obsessed by Making.

—cummings, e e pen name of Edward Estlin Cummings

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