noun (n)

• the act that results in something coming to be(noun.act)

  Example:
  The making of measurements.
  It was already in the making.
  

  Synonym:
  devising, fashioning
  

  source: wordnet30
• an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something(noun.attribute)

  Example:
  She has the makings of fine musician.
  

  Synonym:
  qualification
  

  source: wordnet30
• (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something(noun.artifact)

  Example:
  The recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake.
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of one who makes; workmanship; fabrication; construction; as, this is cloth of your own making; the making of peace or war was in his power.(noun)

  source: webster1913