Meanings
- idiomaticIn development; in the process of being made or evolving.
You're witnessing a great reference work in the making.
3 more examples
A year in the making, the following is the definitive documentary on the issue.
Illicit teenage parties were, of course, a health risk. But sad, withdrawn, angry kids who would rather roll over than face another day in lockdown represent a whole new medical crisis in the making.
2021 January 29, Gaby Hinsliff, “Behind closed bedroom doors, a teenage mental health crisis is brewing”, in The GuardianIn a ceremony six years in the making, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey apologized Friday in Cartwright, on Labrador's southern coast, to residential school survivors and the NunatuKavut people on behalf of the provincial government.
2023 September 29, Alex Kennedy, “N.L. premier apologizes to residential school survivors in southern Labrador”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 16 Nov 2025
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 制造中, 酝酿中
- 制造中in the process of being made
- 酝酿中in the process of being made
- 发展中 (fāzhǎnzhōng)in the process of being made
Danish i udvikling
- i udviklingin the process of being made
Dutch in wording
- in wordingin the process of being made
Finnish työn alla, tekeillä
- työn allain the process of being made
- tekeilläin the process of being made
- keskenin the process of being made
French en herbe, en devenir
- en herbein the process of being made
- en devenirin the process of being made
German im Werden
- im Werdenin the process of being made
Hebrew בְּהִתְהַוּוּת
- בְּהִתְהַוּוּת (b'hithavút)in the process of being made
Hungarian készülőfélben
- készülőfélbenin the process of being made
Italian in fase di sviluppo
- in fase di sviluppoin the process of being made
Polish w trakcie tworzenia
- w trakcie tworzeniain the process of being made
Portuguese sendo feito, em formação
- sendo feitoin the process of being made
- em formaçãoin the process of being made
Russian в проце́ссе созда́ния
- в проце́ссе созда́ния (v procésse sozdánija)in the process of being made
Spanish en proceso, en ciernes
- en procesoin the process of being made
- en ciernesin the process of being made
- en trabajoin the process of being made
- en ciernein the process of being made
Swedish i vardande
- i vardandein the process of being made
Cite this entry
in the making. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20making
“in the making.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20making. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in the making,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20making.
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