making

noun

create
nominal version of the make light verb

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪkɪŋ/ / /ˈmɛkɪn/ / /ˈmækɪn/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Old English macung Middle English making English making From Middle English making, from Old English macung (“making”), equivalent to make + -ing. Cognate with dated Dutch making (“making”), Old High German machunga.

The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
Process of growth or development.
“As a child, he didn’t seem like a genius in the making.”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English make English -ing English making From make + -ing.

present participle and gerund of make
“1981, Earliest Usenet use via Google Groups - fa.human-nets, 10 May 1981 09:16-EDT, Robert Elton Maas Soon (30 years?) we'll be making complete DNA and life in reverse, growing food that only reversed creatures cn eat.”