create
See also: creäte
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English createn, borrowed from Latin creātus, the perfect passive participle of creō.
Pronunciation
Verb
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- (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, 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. 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 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.
- (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.
- (Can we date this quote by H. E. Bates and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- 'What's the time?' she said. 'I must fly. Miss'll start creating.'
- (Can we date this quote by H. E. Bates and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
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Translations
to put into existence
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to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.
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to confer a title of nobility
to confer a cardinalate
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colloquial: to make a fuss
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Adjective
create (comparative more create, superlative most create)
- (obsolete) Created, resulting from creation.
- (Can we date this quote?), Shakespeare, Henry V, ii, 2:
- 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. […], volume I (Hell), London: […] [J. Barfield] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 10, lines 7–9:
- 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.]
- (Can we date this quote?), Shakespeare, Henry V, ii, 2:
Translations
created — see created
Further reading
- “create”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “create”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “create”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- create on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Italian
Verb
create
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kreˈaː.te/, [kreˈäːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kreˈa.te/, [kreˈäːt̪e]
Verb
(deprecated template usage) creāte
Participle
(deprecated template usage) creāte
Middle English
Adjective
create
- Alternative form of creat
Verb
create
- Alternative form of creat
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