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   Mak·ing

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   noun

   • 1. the process of making or producing something: "the making of videos" Similar manufacturemanufacturingmass productionbuildingconstructionassemblyproductionproducingcreationcreatingputting togethermodelingfabricationinventionformingformationmoldingforgingcompositionOpposite destruction
   • 2. essential qualities or ingredients needed for something: "a film with all the makings of a cinematic success" Similar qualitiescharacteristicsingredientspotentialpromisecapacitycapabilityessentialsessencebeginningsrudimentsbasicsmaterialsstuff
   • ▪ paper and tobacco for rolling a cigarette: informal North American, Australian, New Zealand "he reached for his tobacco tin and makings"
   • 3. money made; earnings or profit. informal, dated

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   • The making of something is the act or process of producing or creating it. Ducks' eggs are particularly prized for cake making. 2. 3. 4. 5. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins! 1. a. b. 2. See be the making of 3. See in the making 4. 5. Collins English Dictionary.

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   • Manufacture usually refers to producing something from material that requires conversion from one state or condition to another, now almost entirely by means of machinery in a relatively complex process: to manufacture automobiles by the assembly of different parts.

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