create
See also: creäte
English
Alternative forms
- creäte (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English createn, from Latin creātus, the perfect passive participle of creō.
Pronunciation
Verb
create (third-person singular simple present creates, present participle creating, simple past and past participle created)
- (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
- (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: […] 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.
- 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.
- (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[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071:
- 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.
- (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.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:
- (intransitive) To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.
- Children usually enjoy creating, never mind if it is of any use!
- (transitive) In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.
- (UK, 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.'
- 1972, H. E. Bates, The Song of the Wren
Conjugation
Conjugation of create
infinitive | (to) create | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | create | created | |
2nd-person singular | create, createst* | created, createdst* | |
3rd-person singular | creates, createth* | created | |
plural | create | ||
subjunctive | create | ||
imperative | create | — | |
participles | creating | created |
Related terms
- creable
- creatability
- creatable
- creation
- creational
- creationally
- creationarily
- creationary
- creationism
- creationist
- creationistic
- creationistically
- creative
- creatively
- creativeness
- creativity
- creator
- creatorship
- creatress
- creatrix
- creatural
- creature
- creatureliness
- creaturely
- procreate
- recreate
- re-create
- recreation
Translations
to put into existence
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to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
colloquial: to make a fuss
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Adjective
create (comparative more create, superlative most create)
- (obsolete) Created, resulting from creation.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene ii]:
- Hearts create of duty and zeal.
- 1814, Dante Alighieri, “Canto III”, in H[enry] F[rancis] Cary, transl., The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri. [...] In Three Volumes, volume I (Hell), London: […] [J. Barfield] for Taylor and Hessey, […], OCLC 559008226, lines 7–9, page 10:
- Before me things create were none, save things / Eternal, and eternal I endure. / All hope abandon ye who enter here. [Inscription on the gate of Hell.]
Translations
created — see created
Further reading
- create at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “create” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “create” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- create on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Italian
Verb
create
- inflection of creare:
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
creāte
Participle
creāte
Anagrams
Middle English
Adjective
create
- Alternative form of creat
Verb
create
- Alternative form of creat