Added 9 October 2026
making
/ˈmeɪkɪŋ/ noun
In Latin: factūra Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about making at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
during the making of the movie
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Process of growth or development.
As a child, he didn’t seem like a genius in the making.
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Something that causes somebody's success or progress
a book that was the making of his career
verb
- present participle and gerund of make
Origin
From Middle English making, from Old English macung (“making”), equivalent to make + -ing. Cognate with dated Dutch making (“making”), Old High German machunga.
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