2. Noun. (plurale tantum) That which is needed for something: necessary ingredients. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Makings
1. making [n] - See also: making
Lexicographical Neighbors of Makings
Literary usage of Makings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1921)
"Take all these diverse types, confine them on a steamer as revolution is brewing
and you have the makings of wonderful drama. ..."
2. Colonial Days and Dames by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton (1894)
"WEDDINGS AND MERRY- makings. "• One did commend me to a wife both fair and young
That had French, Spanish, and Italian tongue. I thanked him kindly and told ..."
3. A General Dictionary of Painters: Containing Memoirs of the Lives and Works by Matthew Pilkington (1829)
"He painted conversations and merry-makings in the style of his brother, though
not with equal excellence. He died in 1691, TERBURG (GERARD). ..."
4. The Complete Golfer by Harry Vardon (1908)
"... advice—Three months' practice to begin with—The makings of a player—Good golf
is best—How Mr. Balfour learned the game—A wise example—Go to ..."
5. Revolutionary Essays in Socialist Faith and Fancy by Peter Edward Burrowes (1903)
"THE makings OF SOCIALISM. There are two opposite contentious movements manifested
whenever numbers of human beings are found together, the movement of the ..."
6. Revolutionary Essays in Socialist Faith and Fancy by Peter Edward Burrowes (1903)
"THE makings OF SOCIALISM. There are two opposite contentious movements manifested
whenever numbers of human beings are found together, the movement of the ..."
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