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Definitions for Makings

[1] the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
[2] structure; constitution; makeup.
[3] the means or cause of success or advancement: to be the making of someone.
[4] Usually makings. capacity or potential: He has the makings of a first-rate officer.
[5] makings, material of which something may be made: the makings for a tossed salad. Older Slang . paper and tobacco with which to make a hand-rolled cigarette.
[6] something made.
[7] the quantity made: a making of butter.
[8] in the making , in the process of being made; developing or evolving; growing: Our space scientists see history in the making.
[9] potentials, qualities, or materials he had the makings of a leader
[10] Also called: rollings slang the tobacco and cigarette paper used for rolling a cigarette
[11] profits; earnings
[12] the act of a person or thing that makes or the process of being made (in combination ) watchmaking
[13] be the making of to cause the success of
[14] in the making in the process of becoming or being made a politician in the making
[15] something made or the quantity of something made at one time
[16] make-up; composition

Words related to Makings

makingformulation, building, originating, manufacturing, producing, effecting, fashioning, forging, shaping, creating, concluding, reckoning, computing, completing, aggregating, performing, origination, conception, planning, production

Words nearby Makings

makingmakhachkala, makhlouf, maki, maki-zushi, makimono, making, makings, makkah, makna, mako, makonde

Origin of Makings

before 1150; Middle English; Old English macung. See make1, -ing1

Other words from Makings

self-mak·ing , adjective

Synonyms for Makings

accomplishing, building, composing, constructing, creating, effecting, executing, fabricating, fashioning, forging, forming, generating, manufacturing, originating, producing, shaping