{
    "term": "making",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the act or process of making or producing something",
            "sensetop": "making of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "strategic decision-making"
                },
                {
                    "text": "film-making"
                },
                {
                    "text": "dressmaking"
                },
                {
                    "text": "tea- and coffee-making facilities"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the making of social policy",
                    "contextForm": "making of something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make somebody become a better or more successful person",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "University was the making of Joe."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have the qualities that are necessary to become something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her first novel has all the makings of a classic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has the makings of a first-rate lawyer."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in the process of becoming something or of being made",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This model was two years in the making."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These events are **history in the making**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "created by you rather than by somebody/something else",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmeɪkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ma/making/making__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmeɪkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ma/making/making__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}