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Webster 1913 Edition
Making
Mak′ing
,Noun.
1.
The act of one who makes; workmanship; fabrication; construction;
as, this is cloth of your own
making
; the making
of peace or war was in his power.2.
Composition, or structure.
3.
a poem.
[Obs.]
Sir J. Davies.
4.
That which establishes or places in a desirable state or condition; the material of which something may be made;
as, early misfortune was the
. making
of him5.
External appearance; from.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Making
MA'KING
,ppr.
MA'KING
,Noun.
1.
Workmanship. This is cloth of your own making.2.
Composition; structure.3.
A poem.Definition 2024
making
making
English
Noun
making (plural makings)
- The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
- Process of growth or development.
- As a child he didn’t seem like a genius in the making.
Derived terms
- decision-making
- history-making
Translations
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Etymology 2
Verb
making
- present participle of make
- Soon (30 years?) we'll be making complete DNA and life in reverse, growing food that only reversed creatures cn eat. - Earliest Usenet use via Google Groups - fa.human-nets, 10 May 1981 09:16-EDT, Robert Elton Maas