making betydelse and definition

Betydelse av making på svenska

• 0 the activity or process of producing something:

  • the art of filmmaking

  • There's an article on the making of the series.

• 1 the process of doing or producing something:

  • We recommend the making of a back-up copy to prevent you losing any work.

  • A number of pre-conditions have to be fulfilled prior to the making of any offer.

• 2 if something is a particular length of time in the making, it takes that long to do or achieve it:

  • The current crisis has been in the making for several years, and it has taken far too long for regulators to act.

• 3 if a problem or difficult situation is of someone's own making, they are responsible for it:

  • Some of the troubles facing the company are clearly of its own making.

• 4 to give someone the qualities or experience they need in order to succeed:

  • His spell working at a restaurant in Paris was the making of him as a chef.

• 5 to have the qualities necessary to do or achieve something difficult :

  • We think she has all the makings of a very good CEO.