making

[ mey-king ]
/ ˈmeɪ kɪŋ /
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noun

Idioms for making

    in the making, in the process of being made; developing or evolving; growing: Our space scientists see history in the making.

Origin of making

before 1150; Middle English; Old English macung. See make1, -ing1

OTHER WORDS FROM making

self-mak·ing, adjective

Words nearby making

makhachkala, makhlouf, maki, maki-zushi, makimono, making, makings, makkah, makna, mako, makonde

Words related to in the making

bare, unadorned, undeveloped, incomplete, unfulfilled, prepared, outlined, programmed, amateurish, crude, defective, deficient, dilettante, faulty, formless, fragmentary, half-baked, immature, imperfect, lacking

British Dictionary definitions for in the making

making
/ (ˈmeɪkɪŋ) /

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that makes or the process of being made
  2. (in combination)watchmaking
be the making of to cause the success of
in the making in the process of becoming or being made a politician in the making
something made or the quantity of something made at one time
make-up; composition

Idioms and Phrases with in the making

in the making

In the process of developing or growing, being made, as in The editor believed this election signified history in the making. This term is frequently used to describe the course of events, as in the example. [Mid-1600s]