making
[ mey-king ]
/ ˈmeɪ kɪŋ /
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.
OTHER WORDS FROM making
self-mak·ing, adjectiveWords nearby making
Definition for making (2 of 2)
Origin of make
1
before 900; Middle English
maken, Old English
macian; cognate with Low German, Dutch
maken, German
machen
SYNONYMS FOR make
8
force.
synonym study for make
1.
Make,
construct,
manufacture mean to produce, to put into definite form, or to put parts together to make a whole.
Make is the general term:
Bees make wax.
Construct, more formal, means to put parts together, usually according to a plan or design:
to construct a building.
Manufacture usually refers to producing something from material that requires conversion from one state or condition to another, now almost entirely by means of machinery in a relatively complex process:
to manufacture automobiles by the assembly of different parts. The term is also often used contemptuously of unimaginative or hackneyed works of art with the implication that the work was produced mechanically, and is used abstractly with the idea of denying genuineness:
to manufacture an excuse.
OTHER WORDS FROM make
mak·a·ble, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for making
British Dictionary definitions for making (1 of 3)
making
/ (ˈmeɪkɪŋ) /
noun
- the act of a person or thing that makes or the process of being made
- (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
British Dictionary definitions for making (2 of 3)
make
1
/ (meɪk) /
verb makes, making or made (mainly tr)
noun
Derived forms of make
makable, adjectiveWord Origin for make
Old English
macian; related to Old Frisian
makia to construct, Dutch
maken, German
machen to make
British Dictionary definitions for making (3 of 3)
make
2
/ (meɪk) /
noun archaic
a peer or consort
a mate or spouse
Derived forms of make
makeless, adjectiveWord Origin for make
Old English
gemaca mate; related to
match
1
Idioms and Phrases with making
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