making
mak‧ing /ˈmeɪkɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[Word Family: noun: ↑make, ↑remake, ↑maker, ↑making; verb: ↑make, ↑remake; adjective: ↑unmade]
1. the process of making something
making of
companies involved in the making of nuclear weapons
cheese making/cider making etc
a region famous for its cheese making
2. decision making/policy making the process of deciding something:
people involved in decision making at the highest level
3. be the making of somebody to make someone a much better or more successful person:
You’ll see – a couple of years abroad will be the making of him.
4. have the makings of something to have the qualities or skills necessary to do a particular job:
He has the makings of a world-class footballer.
5. be a long time/10 years etc in the making to take a long time, 10 years etc to make:
a book that was ten years in the making
6. be of your own making problems that are of your own making have been caused by you and no one else:
He admits that a lot of his troubles are entirely of his own making.
makinghu | | | | | | ◎ | ['meikiη] | | ※ | danh từ | | | ■ | sự làm, sự chế tạo; cách làm, cách chế tạo | | | ■ | sự tiến bộ, sự thành công, sự lớn lên; nguyên nhân tiến bộ, nguyên nhân thành công | | | ☆ | military services can be the making of him | | | nghĩa vụ trong quân đội có thể là nguyên nhân cho anh ta lớn lên | | | ■ | (số nhiều) đức tính, tài năng; yếu tố | | | ☆ | to have the makings of a great writer | | | có những yếu tố để trở thành một nhà văn lớn | | | ■ | (số nhiều) (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) giấy và thuốc lá đủ cuốn một điếu | | | ■ | mẻ, số lượng làm ra | | | 〆 | in the making | | | ✓ | đang hình thành, đang nảy nở, đang phát triển | | | ☆ | a poet in the making | | | một nhà thơ tài năng đang nảy nở |
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