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cre·ate  (kr-t)
tr.v. cre·at·ed, cre·at·ing, cre·ates
1. To cause to exist; bring into being. See Synonyms at found1.
2. To give rise to; produce: That remark created a stir.
3. To invest with an office or title; appoint.
4. To produce through artistic or imaginative effort: create a poem; create a role.
adj. Archaic
Created.

[Middle English createn, from Latin crere, cret-; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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. (Performing Arts / Theatre) (tr) to act (a role) in the first production of a play
5. (intr) to be engaged in creative work
6. (intr) Brit slang to make a fuss or uproar
[C14 creat created, from Latin creātus, from creāre to produce, make]
creatable  adj
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Verb1.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"
lay down, establish, make - institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"
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"
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"
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"
redo, refashion, remake, make over - make new; "She is remaking her image"
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
custom-make, customise, customize, 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"

create
verb
1. cause, lead to, occasion, bring about Criticism will only create feelings of failure.
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
3. appoint, make, found, establish, set up, invest, install, constitute They are about to create a scholarship fund for black students.
Translations
create [kriːˈeɪt]
A. VT
1. (gen) (Comput) → crear; [+ character] → inventar; [+ rôle] → encarnar; [+ fashion] → desarrollar; [+ fuss, noise] → armar; [+ problem] → causar, crear
to create an impressionimpresionar, causar buena impresión
2. (= appoint) → nombrar
he was created a peer by the Queenfue nombrado par por la reina
B. VI (Brit) (= make a fuss) → montar un número, armar un lío

create [kriˈeɪt] vt
(= bring into being) [+ new thing] → créer
(= cause) [+ impression, fuss] → faire
(= arouse) [+ interest] → susciter

create
vt
(= bring into existence)schaffen; new style, fashion alsokreieren; the world, manerschaffen; draught, noise, fussverursachen; difficultiesmachen; problems (person)schaffen; (action, event)verursachen, hervorbringen; impressionmachen; (Comput) fileanlegen, erstellen; to create a sensationeine Sensation sein; to create a fussTheater machen (inf)
(= appoint) peerernennen; peers can only be created by the reigning monarchnur der regierende Monarch kann jemanden in den Adelsstand erheben; to create somebody baronjdn zum Baron erheben or ernennen
vi (Brit inf) → Theater machen (inf)

create [kriːˈeɪt]
1. vt (gen) → creare; (impression, fuss, noise) → fare
to create a sensation → destare or fare scalpore
he was created a peer by the Queen → fu nominato pari dalla Regina
2. vi (fam) → fare un sacco di storie

create [kriːˈeɪt]
1. vt (gen) → creare; (impression, fuss, noise) → fare
to create a sensation → destare or fare scalpore
he was created a peer by the Queen → fu nominato pari dalla Regina
2. vi (fam) → fare un sacco di storie

create
v create [kriˈeit]
1 to cause to exist; to make How was the earth created?; The circus created great excitement. skep, in die lewe roep, voortbring يَخْلِـق създавам (s)tvořit; vyvolat skabe; frembringe; oprette (er-)schaffen δημιουργώ crear looma, tekitama آفریدن؛ خلق کردن luoda, herättää créer לִיצוֹר रचना, सृष्टि करना, उत्पन्न करना stvoriti, uzrokovati teremt, alkot membuat, menciptakan skapa, búa til creare, produrre 創造する 창조하다 (su)kurti, daryti, sukelti radīt; izraisīt mewujudkan scheppen skape, frambringe/-kalle tworzyć criar a crea создавать (s)tvoriť; vyvolať povzročiti stvoriti framkalla สร้าง yaratmak, oluşturmak 創造 творити; створювати پیدا کرنا، وجود می‍ں لانا tạo nên
2 to give (a rank etc to) Sir John was created a knight in 1958. maak, benoem يَمنَحُ لَقَبـا давам титла jmenovat udnævne; gøre til ernennen zu (δι)ορίζω, χρίζω nombrar ülendama عنوان اعطا کردن antaa jollekulle arvo créer לְהַעֲנִיק תוֹאָר बढ़ावा देना proglasiti, imenovati vmilyen rangra emel memberi gelar gera að nominare 授ける (작위 등을) 임명하다 (kam) suteikti (titulą) iecelt (dižciltīgo kārtā) dijadikan benoemen tot utnevne (til) mianować fazer a face присваивать титул menovať imenovati imenovati utnämna แต่งตั้ง atamak, getirmek 封爵,授予 зводити (до) عطا كرنا phong cấp
n creˈation
1 the act of creating the creation of the world. skepping, in die lewe roep, voortbring خَلْـق сътворение stvoření skabelse die Erschaffung δημιουργία creación loomine آفرینش luominen création יְצִירָה, בְּרִיאָה सृजन stvaranje teremtés penciptaan sköpun creazione 創造 창조 (su)kūrimas, kūryba radīšana; izraisīšana; iecelšana (dižciltīgo kārtā) penciptaan schepping skapelse stworzenie, twór criação creaţie создание stvorenie stvarjenje stvaranje skapelse, skapande การสร้าง yaratma, var etme 創造 створення تخليق، پيدائش sự tạo ra
2 something created The dress designer is showing his latest creations. skeppings إبداع، خَلْق، شيء مُبتَكَر творба výtvor værk; kreation; kunstværk; skaberværk die Schöpfung δημιουργία, δημιούργημα creación looming ابداع؛ ابتکار luomus création יְצִירָה रचना stvaralaštvo, uradak alkotás ciptaan handverk; sköpunarverk creazione 創作品 창작물 kūrinys darbs (mākslā, zinātnē) ciptaan creatie skaperverk, kreasjon kreacja, twór criação creaţie творение výtvor stvaritev kreacija verk, kreation ผลงานประดิษฐ์ kreasyon, buluş 創造物 творіння اختراع، ايجاد tác phẩm
adj creˈative [-tiv]
having or showing the power and imagination to create a creative dress-designer. skeppingskrag, vormend خلاّق، مُبْدِع творчески kreativní, tvořivý kreativ; skabende; idérig schöpferisch δημιουργικός creativo loov خلاق luova créateur יְצִירָתִי सृजनात्मक kreativan, stvaralački alkotó; teremtő kreatif skapandi, frjór creativo 創造的な 창의적인 kūrybingas, kūrybiškas radošs kreativiti creatief skapende, kreativ, formende twórczy criativo inventiv, creativ творческий tvorivý ustvarjalen kreativan kreativ ซึ่งมีความคิดสร้างสรรค์ yaratıcı, özgün düşünce ürünü 有創造力的 творчий قوت تخليق، قوت ايجاد thuộc sự sáng tạo
adv creˈatively
skeppend, kreatiewelik بإبداع творческо tvořivě kreativt; idérigt schöpferisch δημιουργικά creativamente, con creatividad loovalt با ابتکار luovasti d'une façon créatrice בְּאוֹפֵן יְצִירָתִי सृजनात्मकतापूर्वक kreativno alkotó módon secara kreatif hugvitssamlega creativamente 創造的に 창의적으로 kūrybiškai radoši dengan kreatif creatief kreativt twórczo com criatividade (în mod) creator/creativ творчески tvorivo ustvarjalno kreativno kreativt อย่างสร้างสรรค์ yaratıcı/özgün bir şekilde 有創意地 творчо تخليقى انداز مي‍ں một cách sáng tạo
n creˈativeness
skeppingskrag, skeppingsvermoë إبداعيّه، خَلْق، فَنِّيَّـه творческа способност tvůrčí schopnost skaberevne die Schaffenskraft δημιουργικότητα creatividad loovus ابتکار؛ خلاقیت luovuus esprit de création יְצִירָתִיוּת सृजनात्मकता kreativnost alkotókészség semangat kreatif sköpunargleði; hugvitssemi creatività 創造性 창의적임 kūrybiškumas radoša pieeja kekreatifan creativiteit skaperevne twórczy charakter criatividade creativitate творческий дар tvorivá sila ustvarjalnost kreativnost kreativitet การมีความคิดสร้างสรรค์ yaratıcılık 有創意 творчі здібності; творча діяльність قوت تخليق، قوت اختراع، تخليقى tính sáng tạo
n creaˈtivity [kriːə-]
kreatiwiteit قُدرة الْخَلق والأبداع творческа сила tvořivost kreativitet die Kreativität δημιουργικότητα creatividad loovus خلاقیت luovuus créativité יְצִירָתִיוּת सृजनात्मकता kreativnost alkotóképesség kreativitas sköpunargáfa creatività 創造性 창조성 kūrybingumas radoša izdoma sifat kreatif creativiteit kreativitet, skaperkraft, oppfinnsomhet kreatywność criatividade creativitate творческий дар tvorivosť ustvarjalnost kreativnost kreativitet ความสามารถในการสร้างสรรค์ yaratıcılık 創造力 творче ставлення; здатність творити قوت تخليق، قوت اختراع tính sáng tạo
n creˈator
a person who creates. skepper, ontwerper, maker خالِق، مُبْدِع създател tvůrce skaber der Erschaffer δημιουργός creador looja آفریننده؛ خالق luoja créateur/-trice יוֹצֵר सृष्टिकर्त्ता stvaralac alkotó pencipta skapari, höfundur creatore, creatrice 創造者 창조자 kūrėjas radītājs; autors mencipta schepper skaper twórca criador creator создатель tvorca ustvarjalec stvaralac skapare, upphovsman ผู้ประดิษฐ์ yaratıcı 創造者 творець; автор خالق، موجد người sáng tạo
the Creator
God. die Skepper الخالِق، اللـه Господ Stvořitel Skaberen der Schöpfer Ο Δημιουργός el Creador Looja آفریدگار Luoja le Créateur הַבּוֹרֵא सृष्टिकर्त्ता, सृष्टा Stvoritelj a Teremtő Tuhan Maha Pencipta skaparinn il Creatore 創造主 하나님 Kūrėjas Radītājs, Dievs Tuhan de Schepper Skaperen, Gud Stwórca Criador Creatorul Бог Stvoriteľ Stvarnik Tvorac skaparen พระเจ้า Allah 造物者,上帝 Творець خدا Đấng Tạo hóa 者,

create يُبْدِع vytvořit 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


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