create

[kree-eyt]

verb (used with object)

created, creating 

1. to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.

2. to evolve from one's own thought or imagination, as a work of art or an invention.

   Synonyms: invent, contrive, devise, initiate, originate

3. Theater.,  to perform (a role) for the first time or in the first production of a play.

4. to make by investing with new rank or by designating; constitute; appoint.

   to create a peer.

5. to be the cause or occasion of; give rise to.

   The announcement created confusion.

6. to cause to happen; bring about; arrange, as by intention or design.

   to create a revolution; to create an opportunity to ask for a raise.

verb (used without object)

created, creating 

1. to do something creative or constructive.

2. British.,  to make a fuss.

adjective

1. Archaic.,  created.

create

/ kriːˈeɪt /

verb

1. (tr) to cause to come into existence

2. (tr) to invest with a new honour, office, or title; appoint

3. (tr) to be the cause of

   these circumstances created the revolution

4. (tr) to act (a role) in the first production of a play

5. (intr) to be engaged in creative work

6. slang,  (intr) to make a fuss or uproar

Other Word Forms

• creatable adjective
• intercreate verb (used with object)
• self-creating adjective
• uncreatable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of create¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English creat (past participle), from Latin creātus, equivalent to creā- (stem of creāre “to make”) + -tus past participle suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of create¹

C14 creat created, from Latin creātus, from creāre to produce, make

Example Sentences

The Hong Kong-born architect opened the studio, Days of Being, this year as a place for visitors to rent and artists to have a place to create and recharge.

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As a former police officer and a journalist in the British Empire, Orwell grew up in a reality he used to create his fiction.

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"It's just we need the mechanism to make it available everywhere. It's time to seriously fund prevention and opportunities for people to create good health in the neighbourhoods where they live and work."

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He created that, through him being out of order to one or two of the lads.

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Some people, however, go as far as creating burner accounts just for shopping to keep the cesspool of targeted ads separate from their main profiles where they interact with family and friends.

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Related Words

• build 
• conceive 
• construct 
• design 
• devise 
• discover 
• establish 
• forge 
• form 
• found 
• generate 
• initiate 
• invent 
• make 
• organize 
• plan 
• produce 
• set up 
• shape 
• spawn