"in the making" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-in the making.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in the making, {{en-PP}} in the making
  1. (idiomatic) In development; in the process of being made or evolving. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: makings Translations (in the process of being made): 制造中 (Chinese Mandarin), 酝酿中 (Chinese Mandarin), 发展中 (fāzhǎnzhōng) (Chinese Mandarin), i udvikling (Danish), in wording (Dutch), työn alla (Finnish), tekeillä (Finnish), kesken (Finnish), en herbe (French), en devenir (French), im Werden (German), בְּהִתְהַוּוּת (b'hithavút) (Hebrew), készülőfélben (Hungarian), in fase di sviluppo (Italian), an der Maach (Luxembourgish), w trakcie tworzenia (Polish), sendo feito (Portuguese), em formação (Portuguese), в проце́ссе созда́ния (v procésse sozdánija) (Russian), en proceso (Spanish), en ciernes (Spanish), en trabajo (Spanish), i vardande (Swedish)

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      "sense": "in the process of being made",
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      "sense": "in the process of being made",
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