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Making

/ˈmeɪkɪŋ/

The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.

📖 Definitions of "Making"

noun
  1. 1

    The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.

  2. 2

    Process of growth or development.

    "As a child, he didn’t seem like a genius in the making."

🔄 Synonyms of "Making"

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WordDefinition
devisingnounthe act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will
fashioningnounThe act or process of fashioning something; manufacture.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Making"

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WordDefinition
fashioningnounThe act or process of fashioning something; manufacture.
devisingnounthe act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will
makernounSomeone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
fabricationnoun(uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
productionnounThe act of producing, making or creating something.
shapingnounThe action of the verb to shape.
putverbTo physically place (something or someone somewhere).
placingnounThe action by which something is placed; placement; positioning.
formingnounThe act by which something is formed; formation.
elaborationnounThe act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
ordernoun(countable) A command.
convertverb(transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
raiseverb(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
developmentnoun(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
manufacturenounThe action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
transformingnountransformation
deliveringnounAn act of delivering.
creationnoun(uncountable) The act of creating something.
developingnounIn the process of development.
manufacturingnounThe transformation of raw materials into finished products, usually on a large scale.

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