makings

What success requires

Makings are the ingredients or qualities needed to produce something.

A young politician might have the makings of a president.

The phrase all the makings suggests everything necessary is present: We have all the makings for a great party.

In older usage, makings referred specifically to tobacco and papers for rolling cigarettes.

potential

promise

Commitment to act

capacity · giftedness · genius · flair · knack · ability · gift · qualities · future · prospects

components

parts

Individual elements of whole

materials · essentials · necessities · basics · fundamentals · supplies · fixings · trappings · provisions

ingredients

flour

Milled grain powder

  • sugarCrystalline carbohydrate sweetener
  • eggsReproductive cells in shells
  • butterSolid fat from cream

spices · yeast · salt · oil · herbs · garlic · cheese · milk · cream · chocolate

Opposites
developmental stage

makingsfinished product

Completed manufactured good

end result · final product · outcome · culmination · completion

compositional role

makingswhole

Full and undivided

totality · ruins · remains · remnants · debris

beginning vs. end

makingsresult

What follows a cause

conclusion · denouement · ending · finale · completion

Phrases
Family

making, remaking, unmaking

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G