making
noun
[ ˈmeɪkɪŋ ]
• the process of making or producing something.
• "the making of videos"
Similar:
manufacture,
manufacturing,
mass production,
building,
construction,
assembly,
production,
producing,
creation,
creating,
putting together,
modelling,
fabrication,
invention,
forming,
formation,
moulding,
forging,
composition,
• the essential qualities needed for something.
• "she had the makings of a great teacher"
Similar:
qualities,
characteristics,
ingredients,
potential,
promise,
capacity,
capability,
essentials,
essence,
beginnings,
rudiments,
basics,
materials,
stuff,
• earnings or profit.
make
verb
• form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; create.
• "my grandmother made a dress for me"
Similar:
construct,
build,
assemble,
put together,
manufacture,
produce,
fabricate,
create,
form,
fashion,
model,
mould,
shape,
forge,
bring into existence,
• cause (something) to exist or come about; bring about.
• "the drips had made a pool on the floor"
• compel (someone) to do something.
• "she bought me a brandy and made me drink it"
Similar:
force,
compel,
coerce,
press,
drive,
pressure,
pressurize,
oblige,
require,
have someone do something,
prevail on,
dragoon,
bludgeon,
strong-arm,
impel,
constrain,
urge,
will,
steamroller,
browbeat,
intimidate,
use strong-arm tactics on,
bully,
hector,
blackmail,
railroad,
bulldoze,
put the heat on,
put the screws on,
• constitute; amount to.
• "they made an unusual duo"
Similar:
be,
act as,
serve as,
function as,
constitute,
perform the function of,
do duty for,
play the part of,
represent,
embody,
form,
• gain or earn (money or profit).
• "he'd made a lot of money out of hardware"
Similar:
acquire,
obtain,
gain,
get,
realize,
secure,
win,
earn,
gross,
fetch,
bring in,
take (in),
take home,
pocket,
net,
clear,
• manage to arrive at (a place) within a specified time or catch (a train or other form of transport).
• "we've got a lot to do if you're going to make the shuttle"
Similar:
catch,
get,
arrive/be in time for,
arrive at,
reach,
get to,
• prepare to go in a particular direction.
• "he struggled to his feet and made towards the car"
• induce (someone) to have sex with one.
• "he had been trying to make Cynthia for two years now"
• (in bridge, whist, etc.) win (a trick).
• (of the tide) begin to flow or ebb.
Origin:
Old English macian, of West Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘fitting’; related to match1.
