Meanings
making1
plural makings · alternative obsolete makeing · alternative Durham Wearside dialectal makin · alternative Durham Wearside dialectal makkin · alternative pronunciation spelling makin' · alternative pronunciation spelling mekin · alternative Geordie dialectal myekin
- countableuncountableThe act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
during the making of the movie
- countableuncountableProcess of growth or development.
As a child, he didn’t seem like a genius in the making.
- countableuncountableSomething that causes somebody's success or progress
a book that was the making of his career
making2
alternative obsolete makeing · alternative Durham Wearside dialectal makin · alternative Durham Wearside dialectal makkin · alternative pronunciation spelling makin' · alternative pronunciation spelling mekin · alternative Geordie dialectal myekin
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of make
1981, Earliest Usenet use via Google Groups - fa.human-nets, 10 May 1981 09:16-EDT, Robert Elton Maas Soon (30 years?) we'll be making complete DNA and life in reverse, growing food that only reversed creatures cn eat.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
making · noun
- Old Englishmacung
- Middle Englishmaking
- Englishmaking
From Middle English making, from Old English macung (“making”), equivalent to make + -ing. Cognate with dated Dutch making (“making”), Old High German machunga.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →making · verb
- Proto-Germanic*makaz
- Proto-West Germanic*mak
- Proto-West Germanic*makōn?
- Old Englishmacian
- Middle Englishmaken
- Englishmake
- Englishmaking
Translations
Ancient Greek ποίησις
- ποίησις (poíēsis)act — see also workmanship, construction
Finnish tekeminen
- tekeminenact — see also workmanship, construction
German Anfertigen, Anfertigung
- Anfertigenact — see also workmanship, construction
- Anfertigungact — see also workmanship, construction
- Fabrikationact — see also workmanship, construction
- Herstellungact — see also workmanship, construction
Hindi सृजन
- सृजन (sŕjan)act — see also workmanship, construction
Latin factūra
- factūraact — see also workmanship, construction
Polish robota, wyrób
- robotaact — see also workmanship, construction
- wyróbact — see also workmanship, construction
- robienieact — see also workmanship, construction
- tworzenieact — see also workmanship, construction
- przetwarzanieact — see also workmanship, construction
Spanish hacimiento, facimiento (desus.)
- hacimientoact — see also workmanship, construction
- facimiento (desus.)act — see also workmanship, construction
- hechuraact — see also workmanship, construction
- fechura (disused)act — see also workmanship, construction
Turkish etme, yapma
- etmeact — see also workmanship, construction
- yapmaact — see also workmanship, construction
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with making
Anagrams
Cite this entry
making. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/making
“making.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/making. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “making,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/making.
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