| NOUN | act | making, devising, fashioning | the act that results in something coming to be |
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| attribute | making, qualification | an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something | |
| artifact | making | (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something |
| Sounds | mey'kihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | The act that results in something coming to be. | |
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| Synonyms | devising, fashioning | |
| Narrower | mapmaking, cartography | The making of maps and charts |
| moviemaking, movie making, film making | The production of movies | |
| Broader | production | The act or process of producing something |
| Spanish | confección, elaboración, fabricación, preparación | |
| Catalan | confecció, elaboració, fabricació, preparació | |
| Verbs | make | make or cause to be or to become |
| make | create or manufacture a man-made product | |
| make | create by artistic means | |
| make | make by shaping or bringing together constituents | |
| make | make by combining materials and parts | |
| make | undergo fabrication or creation | |
| Meaning | An attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something. | |
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| Example | "she has the makings of fine musician" | |
| Synonym | qualification | |
| Narrower | eligibility | The quality or state of being eligible |
| ineligibility | The quality or state of being ineligible | |
| Broader | fitness, fittingness | The quality of being suitable |
| Spanish | calificación, cualificación | |
| Catalan | qualificació | |
| Verbs | make | develop into |
| Meaning | (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something. | |
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| Example | "the recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake" | |
| Broader | component, constituent, element | An artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up |
| Verbs | make | undergo fabrication or creation |
| make | be suitable for | |
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