created

[kree-ey-tid]

adjective

1. having come into being as the result of action or someone’s creative process.

   On Saturday a small group of volunteers successfully planted over 1,000 daffodils in a newly created garden bed.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of create.

Other Word Forms

• self-created adjective
• uncreated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of created¹

create ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

They were etherealized through delicate pastels, and while Brundage created images to appeal to the male gaze, she also could portray women as purposeful agents rather than passive victims.

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Most European states were created out of a prior sense of a common ethnicity or language.

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How can I mitigate the problems he’s created?

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Jones credited the release to an avatar, also created with AI, named Xania Monet.

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She was also the star who most doggedly and forcefully created her public image.

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