English Explanatory Dictionary

create

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.
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.
To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.
To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.
To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.
In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.
To make a fuss, complain; to shout.

adj

Created, resulting from creation.

Pronunciation

/kɹiːˈeɪt/ en-us-create.ogg

Word forms

create creates creating created no-table-tags glossary createst createdst createth creäte more create most create

Etymology

From Middle English createn, from Latin creātus, the perfect passive participle of creō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). In this sense, mostly displaced Old English wyrċan (whence Modern English work) and ġesċieppan (whence Modern English shape).

Synonyms

bring forth cause contrive create develop engender evolve generate gin up innate form forthbring make produce spawn invent

Antonyms

destroy annihilate extinguish imitate

Related words

creable creatability creatable creation creational creationally creationarily creationary creationism creationist creationistic creationistically creative creatively creativeness creativity creator creatorship creatress creatrix creatural creature creatureliness creaturely procreate recreate re-create recreation come into being

Derived words

cocreate concreate creatard create daylight between oneself and someone creotard discreate increate miscreate newcreate noncreating self-create transcreate uncreate

Translations

Albanian: mbaroj (gheg) Albanian: krijoj Albanian: sajoj Albanian: lentoj Southern Altai: јазаар Arabic: خَلَقَ Arabic: خلق Aragonese: creyar Armenian: ստեղծել Armenian: արարել Asturian: crear Azerbaijani: yaratmaq Belarusian: твары́ць Belarusian: ствары́ць Bengali: বানানো Bengali: তৈরি করা Bulgarian: създа́вам Bulgarian: създа́м Bulgarian: творя́ Bulgarian: сътворя́вам Bulgarian: сътворя́ Burmese: ဖန်တီး Burmese: ဖန် Catalan: crear Chichewa: -lenga Chinese Mandarin: 創造 /创造 Chinese Mandarin: 締造 /缔造 Maore Comorian: uumba Ngazidja Comorian: huumba Cornish: gul Cornish: gwruthyl Cornish: oberi Czech: tvořit Czech: vytvořit Czech: udělat Danish: skabe Dutch: creëren Dutch: scheppen Dutch: maken Egyptian: p:t-H Esperanto: krei Estonian: looma Extremaduran: crial Finnish: luoda French: créer Galician: crear Georgian: შექმნა German: schaffen German: kreieren Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 Greek: δημιουργώ Ancient Greek: κτίζω Mbya Guarani: moingo Haitian Creole: kreye Hebrew: יָצַר Hebrew: בָּרָא Higaonon: agbuhaton Hindi: रचना Hindi: सृजन करना Hindi: बनाना Hindi: रचना करना Hindi: सृष्टि करना Hindi: सिरजना Hungarian: teremt Hungarian: alkot Hungarian: létrehoz Icelandic: skapa Ido: krear

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