(~s)
1.
The ~ of something is the act or process of producing or creating it.
...Salamon’s book about the ~ of this movie...
N-UNCOUNT: the N of n, n N
2.
If you describe a person or thing as something in the ~, you mean that they are going to become known or recognized as that thing.
Her drama teacher is confident Julie is a star in the ~...
PHRASE: usu n PHR
3.
If something is the ~ of a person or thing, it is the reason that they become successful or become very much better than they used to be.
This discovery may yet be the ~ of him.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n
4.
If you say that a person or thing has the ~s of something, you mean it seems possible or likely that they will become that thing, as they have the necessary qualities.
Godfrey had the ~s of a successful journalist.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n
5.
If you say that something such as a problem you have is of your own ~, you mean you have caused or created it yourself.
Some of the university’s financial troubles are of its own ~...
PHRASE: v-link PHR