makingmak‧ing /ˈmeɪkɪŋ/ noun [uncountable] 
companies involved in the making of nuclear weaponscheese making/cider making etc a region famous for its cheese making2decision-making/policymaking the process of deciding something: people involved in decision-making at the highest level3be 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.4have 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.5be a long time/ten years etc in the making to take a long time, ten years etc to make: a book that was ten years in the making6be 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.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Eleanor Coppola wrote a book about the making of "Apocalypse Now."
- Many things can interfere with effective decision making.
- quilt-making
- For the making of a will compliance with the following formalities is now necessary: The will must be in writing.
- He had a real ability for making people decide exactly what they were trying to say and do.
- In Britain the railways not only transported but considerably stimulated the making of bricks.
- In spite of the obvious dangers, several more people succeeded in making the crossing and gaining a few moments of fame.
- It has participated in the making of a video by the Banking Information Service on wise ways to use credit.
- Marketing research is fundamentally about the acquisition and analysis of information required for the making of marketing decisions.
- They have trained-in a succession of concepts over the years: decision making, then situational leadership, and then contingency theory.
- Whether senior buyers are able at the same time to exercise an influencing and decision making role will depend on organisational factors.
Longman Language Activatorlikely to be or do something in the future
· He's an extremely talented football player -- he could well be a future captain of England.· It was then that Milstead took the first steps toward a future career in law enforcement.· Before the scandal erupted, Grieg was talked about as a future presidential candidate.
: potential customer/client/witness etc someone who might become a customer etc in the future: · Police believe they may have found a potential witness.· It's wrong to regard all soccer fans as potential troublemakers -- it's only a small minority who are responsible for the violence.· By denying these people a decent education, you're losing out on potential captains of industry and political leaders.
: prospective candidate/employee/husband etc one who wants to get or may be chosen for a job, position etc in the future: · My mother keeps introducing me to men she considers to be prospective husbands.· Texaco has introduced a compulsory HIV testing program for all prospective employees.
likely to do very well in your area of work or sport in the future: · When I first saw her play tennis I knew that she was a future Wimbledon champion in the making.
to be likely to be very successful in the future: · She's a very talented musician, and we think she has a great future.· He's obviously got a bright future in this organization.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a region famous for its cheese makingCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES She accused her boss of making advances to her. He’s always making cracks about how stupid I am. A local film crew is making a documentary about volcanoes. I don’t know why you’re making such a fuss about it. He was making the story up as he went along. Stop making a nuisance of yourself (=annoying other people with your behaviour)! They began making overtures to the Irish government. I’m making some revisions to the book for the new edition. We stood around making small talk. The dust was making him sneeze.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
a region famous for its cheese making She accused her boss of making advances to her.· Police found guns and bomb-making equipment in the house.
He’s always making cracks about how stupid I am. A local film crew is making a documentary about volcanoes. I don’t know why you’re making such a fuss about it. He was making the story up as he went along. Stop making a nuisance of yourself (=annoying other people with your behaviour)! They began making overtures to the Irish government.· Not all staff can participate in the decision-making process.
I’m making some revisions to the book for the new edition. We stood around making small talk. The dust was making him sneeze.· Tents had gone up and the temporary occupants were busy making themselves at home.· Meanwhile the campaigners are busy making protest banners.· They are too busy making money to worry about paying bills. 8.· She's too busy making arrangements to leave for Bristol to worry about us.· And Cymbeline - bless her heart - is down by the fence, still busy making tea for the workers.· Too busy making a dead set at young Mr Merrivale.· She went to the kitchen, where the dedicated housekeeper was busy making batches of tiny delicacies for tomorrow's drinks.· Most were writing up reports between assignments, or busy making arrangements by telephone.
NOUN· Discuss the reasons why accrual accounting methods are not appropriate to future decision making.· We have already discussed theory's peculiar role in moral decision making.· Qualitative factors are often influential in the decision making process.· S.U. was to be encouraged, eliminating chains of assessment and decision making which had lain within the purview of the superintendent.· However, case conferences are not just a forum for professional decision making.· There appears to be a universal crisis in centralised decision making and considerable public alienation from bureaucracy.· The decision making process can be likened to one of those great lumbering steam locomotives seen in Western films.· Despite these criticisms, recent approaches to decision making have sought to pursue the rational approach.
· All rooms have central heating, colour television, tea/coffee making facilities, en suite or private shower.· All rooms have colour TV/tea/coffee making facilities.
· About Stephen making love to me?· Abruptly he sat up, away from her, and Leith knew he had gone off any idea of making love to her.· I can imagine his making love to me and it doesn't disgust me.· Tawno's so good at making love it's no wonder women fall for him like a ton of bricks.· They're not interested in one-night stands - and they even want to know what making love is like for girls.· He had seen two people making love.· Making love to you was like making love to a flame.· My secret problem is I fantasise about her making love to me.
· He had a real ability for making people decide exactly what they were trying to say and do.· Businesses are closing and making people redundant.· It need not necessarily reduce fishing effort, but it is about making people in the fishing industry unemployed.· He was a funny man and good at making people laugh.· There is no evidence, to date, that making people belt-up turns them into worse drivers.· We're playing our part in making people feel safer.· The Profitboss is totally objective in making people decisions in business.
· If we value independence in foreign policy making, let us not forget what happened in 1940.· The results will be set in the context of a study of the history of planning theory and urban policy making.· It is in this kind of work that the distinction between policy making and implementation becomes so unclear.· There are important questions that should not be brushed aside about the place of altruism in policy making.· The passing of an Act, though, is not the end of policy making.· This obviously makes for difficulties in distinguishing policy making and implementation, and for identifying implementation issues and problems.· But social policy making must also be seen as a political process.· Again, these subordinate bodies might be described as being concerned with implementation and not with policy making.
· Qualitative factors are often influential in the decision making process.· A central decision making process involving Inspectors and civilian decision makers was established and developed ....· The decision making process can be likened to one of those great lumbering steam locomotives seen in Western films.· Voice over Whilst drinking habits and drinking houses have changed, the beer making process hasn't.· Watermark an impression incorporated in the paper making process showing the name of the paper and/or the company logo.· Laid paper with a watermark pattern showing the wire marks used in the paper making process.· It was pointed out that accounting information is only a part of the input to the decision making process.· Wire the wire mesh used at the wet end of the paper making process.
VERB· At one extreme, the process of interpretation will simply involve the making of inferences from two or more documents.· But judges should not be involved in the making of decisions for which they are unsuited.· Enzymatic catalysis involves the breaking and making of different chemical bonds.· With fewer mistakes, and staff involved in decision making, everyone benefits.
· The purpose of evaluation is to collect and analyse information that can be used for rational decision making.· Now most is used in the making of paper.· The house was used for the making of cloth until well into the seventeenth century.· The G.L.C. could not use its grant making powers to achieve a social policy which was inconsistent with these obligations.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► decision-making/policymaking► be a long time/ten years etc in the making
- He knew it was of his own making but that was not useful knowledge because he could not unmake it.
- Part of this is of his own making.
- The mink has had a chequered relationship with us, but we must remember that the changes are of our own making.
- The problems faced by the accountancy profession are of its own making.
- They frequently have to deal with awkward and unpleasant problems which may or may not be of their own making.
- Yet much of her frustration was of her own making and within herself.
- Its focus is the making of a single programme in the Channel 4 series Dispatches.
- One of its main uses was the making of plough shares and other farm implements.
- One of these was the making of jewellery.
- Some years later, Muriel admits that this conversation was the making of her.
- Strange how what you regard at the time as being your downfall, often turns out to be the making of you.
- The Cruise, for instance, was the making of Jane McDonald.
- We've got the makings of a winning team.
WORD FAMILYnounmakeremakemakermakingverbmakeremakeadjectiveunmade
1the process of making somethingmaking of companies involved in the making of nuclear weaponscheese making/cider making etc a region famous for its cheese making2decision-making/policymaking the process of deciding something: people involved in decision-making at the highest level3be 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.4have 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.5be a long time/ten years etc in the making to take a long time, ten years etc to make: a book that was ten years in the making6be 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.- four-poster bed
- Four Seasons, The
- foursome
- four-square
- four-star
- four-star general
- four-stroke engine
- fourteen
- fourteenth
- Fourteenth Amendment
- fourth
- fourth dimension
- fourth estate
- fourthly
- Fourth of July
- Four Weddings and a Funeral
- four-wheel drive
- fowl
- Fowler, Henry Watson
- Fowles, John
- Fox
- fox
- Fox and the Grapes, The
- Fox, Charles James
- Fox, George