create
cre·ate
(krē-āt′)tr.v. cre·at·ed, cre·at·ing, cre·ates
1. To cause to exist; bring into being: created a new music school. See Synonyms at establish.
2. To give rise to; produce: That remark created a stir.
3. To produce through artistic or imaginative effort: create a poem; create a dramatic role.
4. To invest with an office or title; appoint: He was created a baron.
cre·at′a·ble adj.
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create
(kriːˈeɪt)vb
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. (Theatre) (tr) to act (a role) in the first production of a play
5. (intr) to be engaged in creative work
6. (intr) slang Brit to make a fuss or uproar
[C14 creat created, from Latin creātus, from creāre to produce, make]
creˈatable adj
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cre•ate
(kriˈeɪt) v. -at•ed, -at•ing,
adj. v.t.
1. to cause to come into being, as something unique.
2. to evolve from one's imagination, as a work of art or an invention.
3. to perform (a role) in the first production of a play or motion picture.
4. to make by investing with new rank; designate: to create a peer.
5. to arrange or bring about, as by intention or design: to create confusion.
v.i.6. to do something creative.
adj.7. Archaic. created.
[1350–1400; Middle English creat (past participle) < Latin creātus, past participle of creāre to make; akin to crescent]
cre•at′a•ble, adj.
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create
Past participle: created
Gerund: creating
| Imperative |
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| create |
| create |
| Present |
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| I create |
| you create |
| he/she/it creates |
| we create |
| you create |
| they create |
| Preterite |
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| I created |
| you created |
| he/she/it created |
| we created |
| you created |
| they created |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am creating |
| you are creating |
| he/she/it is creating |
| we are creating |
| you are creating |
| they are creating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have created |
| you have created |
| he/she/it has created |
| we have created |
| you have created |
| they have created |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was creating |
| you were creating |
| he/she/it was creating |
| we were creating |
| you were creating |
| they were creating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had created |
| you had created |
| he/she/it had created |
| we had created |
| you had created |
| they had created |
| Future |
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| I will create |
| you will create |
| he/she/it will create |
| we will create |
| you will create |
| they will create |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have created |
| you will have created |
| he/she/it will have created |
| we will have created |
| you will have created |
| they will have created |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be creating |
| you will be creating |
| he/she/it will be creating |
| we will be creating |
| you will be creating |
| they will be creating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been creating |
| you have been creating |
| he/she/it has been creating |
| we have been creating |
| you have been creating |
| they have been creating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been creating |
| you will have been creating |
| he/she/it will have been creating |
| we will have been creating |
| you will have been creating |
| they will have been creating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been creating |
| you had been creating |
| he/she/it had been creating |
| we had been creating |
| you had been creating |
| they had been creating |
| Conditional |
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| I would create |
| you would create |
| he/she/it would create |
| we would create |
| you would create |
| they would create |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have created |
| you would have created |
| he/she/it would have created |
| we would have created |
| you would have created |
| they would have created |
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Verb | 1. | create - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" beget, father, sire, engender, mother, generate, bring forth, get - make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" procreate, reproduce, multiply - have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate" regenerate - form or produce anew; "regenerate hatred" clear - make a way or path by removing objects; "Clear a path through the dense forest" distil, distill, extract - extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound" educe, derive - develop or evolve from a latent or potential state spume, suds, froth - make froth or foam and become bubbly; "The river foamed" puncture - make by piercing; "puncture a hole" twine - make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope" cleave - make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock" track - make tracks upon institute, bring - advance or set forth in court; "bring charges", "institute proceedings" short, short-circuit - create a short circuit in re-create - create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" grind - created by grinding; "grind designs into the glass bowl" bring forth, generate - bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami" initiate, originate, start - bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" yield, give - cause to happen or be responsible for; "His two singles gave the team the victory" make for, wreak, bring, work, play - cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" bring up, call down, conjure, conjure up, invoke, call forth, put forward, arouse, evoke, stir, raise - summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands create, make - create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" actualise, actualize, realize, substantiate, realise - make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" cause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" establish, give - bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth" turn in, put on - carry out (performances); "They turned in a splendid effort"; "They turned in top jobs for the second straight game" bear, turn out - bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers" create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch build, construct, make - make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" build, establish - build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation" assemble, put together, tack together, set up, piece, tack - create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" style - make consistent with a certain fashion or style; "Style my hair"; "style the dress" strike - produce by ignition or a blow; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match" re-create, copy - make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt" create verbally - create with or from words compose, write - write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" choreograph - compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music; "Balanchine choreographed many pieces to Stravinsky's music" direct - guide the actors in (plays and films) |
| 2. | create - bring into existence; "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting" reinvent - bring back into existence; "The candidate reinvented the concept of national health care so that he would get elected" develop - make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation; "Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather"; "They developed a new technique" carve out - establish or create through painstaking effort; "She carved out a reputation among her male colleagues" | |
| 3. | create - pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity; "Don't disturb him--he is creating" draw - engage in drawing; "He spent the day drawing in the garden" paint - make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden" build - be engaged in building; "These architects build in interesting and new styles" act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" | |
| 4. | create - invest with a new title, office, or rank; "Create one a peer" appoint, charge - assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" | |
| 5. | create - create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" do, make - create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest" produce, create, make - create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" design - create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner; "Chanel designed the famous suit" design - create designs; "Dupont designs for the house of Chanel" | |
| 6. | create - create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"breed - cause to procreate (animals); "She breeds dogs" prefabricate - produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally underproduce - produce below capacity or demand; "The East German factories were underproducing for many years" output - to create or manufacture a specific amount; "the computer is outputting the data from the job I'm running" pulse, pulsate - produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube" clap together, clap up, slap together - make hastily and carelessly customise, customize, custom-make, tailor-make - make to specifications; "I had this desk custom-made for me" dummy, dummy up - make a dummy of; "dummy up the books that are to be published" turn out - produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery; "This factory turns out saws" machine - make by machinery; "The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars" churn out - produce something at a fast rate; "He churns out papers, but they are all about the same topic" overproduce - produce in excess; "The country overproduces cars" elaborate - produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; "The bee elaborates honey" put out - put out considerable effort; "He put out the same for seven managers" laminate - create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material bootleg - produce or distribute illegally; "bootleg tapes of the diva's singing" generate - produce (energy); "We can't generate enough power for the entire city"; "The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity" generate, yield, render, give, return - give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" create, make - create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" extrude, squeeze out - form or shape by forcing through an opening; "extrude steel" smelt - extract (metals) by heating reproduce - make a copy or equivalent of; "reproduce the painting" preassemble, prefabricate - to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings fudge together, throw together - produce shoddily, without much attention to detail print, publish - put into print; "The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce"; "These news should not be printed" confect - make or construct proof - make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset burn, cut - create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" |
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create
verb
2. make, form, produce, develop, design, generate, invent, coin, compose, devise, initiate, hatch, originate, formulate, give birth to, spawn, dream up (informal), concoct, beget, give life to, bring into being or existence He's creating a whole new language of painting
make destroy, demolish, annihilate
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create
verb1. To cause to come into existence:
2. To bring into existence formally:
3. To form by artistic effort:
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Translations
произвеждам
tvořitvyvolatjmenovat
skabeudnævnefrembringefremstillegøre til
آفریدنابداع کردنایجاد کردنبوجود آوردنخلق کردن
luodavalmistaa
stvoritiproizvesti
teremtalkotlétrehozrang: vmilyen rangra emel
gera aîskapaskapa, búa til
創造する
창조하다
creo
darytiKūrėjaskūrimaskūrybingaskūrybingumas
ieceltizraisītradīt
povzročitiustvariti
skapatillverkagöraproducera
สร้าง
tạo ra
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
create
[kriˈeɪt] vt
(= bring into being) [+ new thing] → créer
(= cause) [+ impression, fuss] → faire
(= arouse) [+ interest] → susciter
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
create
vi (Brit inf) → Theater machen (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
create
(kriˈeit) verb1. to cause to exist; to make. How was the earth created?; The circus created great excitement.
2. to give (a rank etc to). Sir John was created a knight in 1958.
creˈation noun1. the act of creating. the creation of the world.
2. something created. The dress designer is showing his latest creations.
creˈative (-tiv) adjectivehaving or showing the power and imagination to create. a creative dress-designer.
creˈatively adverbcreˈativeness nounˌcreaˈtivity (kriːə-) nouncreˈator nouna person who creates.
the CreatorGod.
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create
→ يُبْدِعُ tvořit skabe schaffen δημιουργώ crear luoda créer stvoriti creare 創造する 창조하다 maken lage stworzyć criar создавать skapa สร้าง yaratmak tạo ra 创造Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
create - create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
create - create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"