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makings

makings

4.6
Things you need to make or do something, for example food and tools
  • noun
  • /ˈmeɪkɪŋz/
translation icon : ingredientes
  • She bought all the makings for the salad at the market.

Examples

  • They gathered the makings for a campfire before it got dark.

  • What are the makings of this project?

  • The shed has the makings of a great workshop if you add a few more tools.

  • This recipe has all the makings of a great dish.

  • She bought all the makings for the salad at the market.

  • They gathered the makings for a campfire before it got dark.

  • The shed has the makings of a great workshop if you add a few more tools.

Surface Forms

making singular
makings plural

Morphology

makings = making (transparent) = make + ing + s

The plural '-s' simply marks the noun 'making' and the sense 'the makings of X' directly follows from 'making' meaning materials or components.

Etymology

Makings comes from the verb make ('to make' or 'to create') plus the ending -ing, and it originally meant the things you need to make something, so the makings for a salad are the ingredients you need.