making

Meanings

Plural: makings

Noun

• the act that results in something coming to be
  • "the making of measurements"
  • "it was already in the making"
• an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
  • "she has the makings of fine musician"
• (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something
  • "the recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake"
• The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
• Process of growth or development.

Verb

• engage in
• give certain properties to something
• make or cause to be or to become
• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
• give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
• create or manufacture a man-made product
  • "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
• make, formulate, or derive in the mind
• compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
• create by artistic means
• earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
• create or design, often in a certain way
• to compose or represent:
• reach a goal, e.g.,
• be or be capable of being changed or made into
• make by shaping or bringing together constituents
• perform or carry out
• make by combining materials and parts
• change from one form into another
• act in a certain way so as to acquire
• charge with a function; charge to be
• achieve a point or goal
• reach a destination, either real or abstract
• institute, enact, or establish
• carry out or commit
• form by assembling individuals or constituents
• organize or be responsible for
• put in order or neaten
• head into a specified direction
• have a bowel movement
• undergo fabrication or creation
• be suitable for
• add up to
• amount to
• constitute the essence of
• appear to begin an activity
• proceed along a path
• reach in time
• gather and light the materials for
• prepare for eating by applying heat
• induce to have sex
• assure the success of
• represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
• consider as being
• calculate as being
• cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
• favor the development of
• develop into
• behave in a certain way
• eliminate urine
• present participle and gerund of make

Synonyms

arrive at, attain, bring in, build, ca-ca, cause, clear, constitute, construct, cook, crap, create, defecate, devising, do, draw, earn, establish, fashioning, fix, form, gain, get, get to, give, have, hit, hold, induce, lay down, make, make believe, make up, make water, micturate, name, nominate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, prepare, pretend, produce, progress to, puddle, pull in, qualification, reach, ready, realise, realize, relieve oneself, score, seduce, shit, spend a penny, stimulate, stool, take, take a crap, take a leak, take a shit, take in, throw, urinate, wee, wee-wee, work

Antonyms

break, unmake

Related Words

maker