makingPronunciation: /ˈmeɪkɪŋ/Translate making | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of making noun 1 [mass noun] the process of making or producing something:the making of videos [in combination]:decision-making 2 (makings) the essential qualities needed for something:she had the makings of a great teacher (makings) North American & Australian/NZ informal paper and tobacco for rolling a cigarette: he reached for his tobacco tin and makings 3 (makings) informal, dated earnings or profit. Phrases be the making of someone ensure someone’s success or favourable development: this place has been the making of me in many ways in the making in the process of developing or being made:a campaign that’s been two years in the making of one's (own) making (of a difficulty) caused by oneself: he faces a dilemma substantially of his own makingmaking in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of making in the US English dictionary
