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making of

making of is the present participle and gerund of make of.

making of is the alternative form of making-of.

Meaning of make of

Verb

make of (third-person singular simple present makes of, present participle making of, simple past and past participle made of)

  1. (transitive) To form an opinion about (someone or something); to appraise (a person, idea or situation).
    • What do you make of the new guy?
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, of.
    • Caesar made rich men of his supporters back in Rome.

Meaning of making-of

Noun

making-of (plural making-ofs)

  1. A documentary about how a film or television show was made, with behind-the-scenes footage.

Forms of making of

pluralmaking ofs

Questions about making of

What is making of the present participle and gerund of?
Making of is the present participle and gerund of make of.

Words near making of in the dictionary

  1. making nice
  2. making no bones about
  3. making no odds
  4. making no secret of
  5. making noise
  6. making of
  7. making off
  8. making off with
  9. making off without payment
  10. making ofs
  11. making one

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Adapted from Wiktionary: making of (page history and authors); make of (page history and authors); making-of (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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