making: Meaning and Definition of

mak•ing

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,capacity or potential: He has the makings of a first-rate officer.
5. the makings for a tossed salad.
1. material of which something may be made:the makings for a tossed salad.
2. 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 process of being made; developing or evolving; growing: Our space scientists see history in the making.