1
: the act or process of forming, causing, doing, or coming into being
spots problems in the making
2
: a process or means of advancement or success
3
: something made
especially
: a quantity produced at one time : batch
4
a
: potentiality
—often used in plural
had the makings of a great artist
b
makings
ˈmā-kənz 
ˈmā-kiŋz
plural
: the material from which something is to be made
especially \
usually ˈmā-kənz
\
: paper and tobacco for rolling cigarettes by hand
Examples of making in a Sentence
methods used in the making of wine
she has all the makings of an excellent leader, but she needs some experience first
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Cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency as well as NIH and NSF grant making are disrupting scientific research.
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Kwasi Osei-Amankwah, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
Take, for instance, the voice-over in this new trailer, which sounds right out of the mid-aughts and/or a Saturday Night Live digital short making fun of trailers from the mid-aughts.
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He was never meant to be an offensive defenceman, but Schenn also has stood out for a lack of incisive decision making at the offensive blue line, especially when the Jets are chasing the game.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The four-part Investigation Discovery series The Fall of Diddy looks into the making and unmaking of the producer-performer-entrepreneur, revealing a history of alleged abusive and destructive behavior by Combs that dates to the late 1980s.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2025
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Kwasi Osei-Amankwah, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
Take, for instance, the voice-over in this new trailer, which sounds right out of the mid-aughts and/or a Saturday Night Live digital short making fun of trailers from the mid-aughts.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 May 2025
He was never meant to be an offensive defenceman, but Schenn also has stood out for a lack of incisive decision making at the offensive blue line, especially when the Jets are chasing the game.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The four-part Investigation Discovery series The Fall of Diddy looks into the making and unmaking of the producer-performer-entrepreneur, revealing a history of alleged abusive and destructive behavior by Combs that dates to the late 1980s.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Making.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/making. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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