create
See also: creäte
Contents
English
Alternative forms
- creäte (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English createn, borrowed 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.
- According to the Bible, God created the universe in six days.
- You can create the color orange by mixing yellow and red.
- 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.
- 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 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 design, invest with a new form, shape, etc.
- Couturiers create exclusive garments for an affluent clientele.
- 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.
- (intransitive) To be creative, imaginative.
- Children usually enjoy creating, never mind if it is of any use!
- (transitive) To cause, bring a (non-object) about by action.
- 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.
- (transitive) To confer a title of nobility, not by descent, but by giving a title either initiated or restored for the incumbent.
- Henry VIII created him a Duke.
- (transitive) To confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre‐existent title (notably a church in Rome).
- 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.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (to put into existence): annihilate, extinguish
- (to design, invest with a new form, shape): imitate
Related terms
terms related to create
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)
Translations
created — see created
Further reading
- create in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- create in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
create on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Italian
Verb
create
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
creāte
Participle
creāte