create

See also: creäte

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English createn, from Latin creātus, the perfect passive participle of creō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɹiːˈeɪt/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

create (third-person singular simple present creates, present participle creating, simple past and past participle created)

  1. (transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
    You can create the color orange by mixing yellow and red.
    • 1829, Thomas Tully Crybbace, An Essay on Moral Freedom:
      [...] God created man a moral agent.
    • 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 171:
      Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.
    • 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 48:
      The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", […] "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
    Synonym: generate
    Antonyms: annihilate, extinguish
    1. (especially of a god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.
      • 1560, [William Whittingham et al., transl.], The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. […] (the Geneva Bible), Geneva: Printed by Rouland Hall, OCLC 557472409, Genesis I:1, folio 1, recto:
        In the beginning God created ye heauen and the earth. And the earth was without forme & voyde, and darkenes was vpon the depe, & the Spirit of God moued vpon the waters.
    2. To make or produce from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc.
      Couturiers create exclusive garments for an affluent clientele.
      • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
        From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. […] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.
      Synonym: invent
      Antonym: imitate
  2. (transitive) To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.
    crop failures created food shortages and high prices; his stubbornness created many difficulties
    A sudden chemical spill on the highway created a chain‐collision which created a record traffic jam.
    • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 7, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
      The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.
  3. (transitive) To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.
    Henry VIII created him a Duke.   Last month, the queen created two barons.
    Under the concordate with Belgium, at least one Belgian clergyman must be created cardinal; by tradition, every archbishop of Mechelen is thus created a cardinal.
  4. (intransitive) To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.
    Children usually enjoy creating, never mind if it is of any use!
  5. (transitive) In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.
  6. (Britain, intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
    • 1972, H. E. Bates, The Song of the Wren
      'What's the time?' she said. 'I must fly. Miss'll start creating.'
Conjugation
conjugation of create
infinitive create
present participle creating
past participle created
simple progressive perfect perfect progressive
present I create we create I am creating we are creating I have created we have created I have been creating we have been creating
you create you create you are creating you are creating you have created you have created you have been creating you have been creating
he creates they create he is creating they are creating he has created they have created he has been creating they have been creating
past I created we created I was creating we were creating I had created we had created I had been creating we had been creating
you created you created you were creating you were creating you had created you had created you had been creating you had been creating
he created they created he was creating they were creating he had created they had created he had been creating they had been creating
future I will create we will create I will be creating we will be creating I will have created we will have created I will have been creating we will have been creating
you will create you will create you will be creating you will be creating you will have created you will have created you will have been creating you will have been creating
he will create they will create he will be creating they will be creating he will have created they will have created he will have been creating they will have been creating
conditional I would create we would create I would be creating we would be creating I would have created we would have created I would have been creating we would have been creating
you would create you would create you would be creating you would be creating you would have created you would have created you would have been creating you would have been creating
he would create they would create he would be creating they would be creating he would have created they would have created he would have been creating they would have been creating
imperative create

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Adjective

create (comparative more create, superlative most create)

  1. (obsolete) Created, resulting from creation.

Translations

created — see created

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

create

  1. second-person plural indicative present of creare
  2. second-person plural imperative of creare

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

creāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of creō

Participle

creāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of creātus

Middle English

Adjective

create

  1. Alternative form of creat

Verb

create

  1. Alternative form of creat
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