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makin'

makin' is the pronunciation spelling of making.

Meaning of making

Noun

making (countable and uncountable, plural makings)

  1. The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
    • during the making of the movie
  2. Process of growth or development.
    • As a child, he didn’t seem like a genius in the making.
  3. Something that causes somebody's success or progress
    • a book that was the making of his career

Questions about makin'

What is makin' the pronunciation spelling of?
Makin' is the pronunciation spelling of making.

Words near makin' in the dictionary

  1. Makilala
  2. makilas
  3. makimono
  4. makimonos
  5. makin
  6. makin'
  7. Makindol
  8. Makindu
  9. making
  10. making a better door than a window
  11. making a big thing out of

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Adapted from Wiktionary: makin' (page history and authors); making (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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