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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: makings /ˈmeɪkɪŋz/ pl n - potentials, qualities, or materials: he had the makings of a leader
- Also called: rollings slang the tobacco and cigarette paper used for rolling a cigarette
- profits; earnings
mak•ing /ˈmeɪkɪŋ/USA pronunciation n. - the act of a person or thing that makes, produces, etc.:[uncountable]the making of dresses.
- Usually, makings. [plural] the qualities necessary to develop into or become something:has the makings of a first-rate officer.
Idioms- in the making:
- nearly ready, completed, or finished:The experimental design is still in the making.
- ready to be obtained or taken:There is a fortune in the making for anyone who creates good software.
- of one's own making, caused by oneself and not by another or others:His problems are of his own making.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mak•ing (mā′king),USA pronunciation n. - the act of a person or thing that makes:The making of a violin requires great skill.
- structure;
constitution;
makeup. - the means or cause of success or advancement:to be the making of someone.
- Usually, makings. capacity or potential:He has the makings of a first-rate officer.
- makings:
- material of which something may be made:the makings for a tossed salad.
- Slang Terms[Older Slang.]paper and tobacco with which to make a hand-rolled cigarette.
- something made.
- the quantity made:a making of butter.
- Idiomsin the making, in the process of being made;
developing or evolving;
growing:Our space scientists see history in the making.
- bef. 1150; Middle English; Old English macung. See make1, -ing1
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