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Definition of Making

1. Noun. The act that results in something coming to be. "It was already in the making"

2. Noun. An attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something. "She has the makings of fine musician"

3. Noun. (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something. "The recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake"

Definition of Making

1. n. 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.

Definition of Making

1. Noun. Process of growth or development. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of make) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Making

1. material from which something can be developed [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Making

makeups makeweight makeweights makgeolli makhaira makhairas makhana makhanas makhani makhonee

maki maki zushi makimono makimonos makin' making (current term) making-iron making a hash of making a living making an effort

making believe making do making ends meet making fun of making history making it making known making love making merry making off

Literary usage of Making

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot (1873)
""It won't do to begin making a fuss about one," said Mr. Vincy, wishing to combine a little grumbling with domestic cheerfulness. "There's Rosamond as well ..."

2. The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, Jenny H. Stickney (1898)
"CANDLE-making. THE NEW CART. ^-' when they rose next morning; and they gave me no rest till I ... "/HANDLE-making to-day!" exclaimed the boys We filled a ..."

3. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1889)
"... -making instinct—Changes of instinct and structure not necessarily simultaneous—Difficulties of the theory of the Natural Selection of instincts—Neuter ..."

4. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1909)
"if a man consorts with the many and submits for their approval either a poem, or some other work of art, or a project of public service, making himself ..."

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