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.

adj. Archaic

Created.

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[Middle English createn, from Latin creāre, creāt-; see ker- in Indo-European roots.]

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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

create

create

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	create - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" make 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" 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" make 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" produce, make 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 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

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.

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create

verb

1. To cause to come into existence:

beget, breed, engender, father, hatch, make, originate, parent, procreate, produce, sire, spawn.

Idiom: give birth to.

2. To bring into existence formally:

constitute, establish, found, institute, organize, originate, set up, start.

3. To form by artistic effort:

compose, indite, produce, write.

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Translations

يُبْدِعُيَخْلِـقيَمنَحُ لَقَبـا

произвеждам

tvořitvyvolatjmenovat

skabeudnævnefrembringefremstillegøre til

schaffenkreierenanfertigenanlegenernennen

δημιουργώ

crearcriarforjargenerarnombrar

آفریدنابداع کردنایجاد کردنبوجود آوردنخلق کردن

luodavalmistaa

créerécrirecomposer

בראייצריצר

stvoritiproizvesti

teremtalkotlétrehozrang: vmilyen rangra emel

gera aîskapaskapa, búa til

crearecreativit...creativocreatorecreazione

創造する

창조하다

creo

darytiKūrėjaskūrimaskūrybingaskūrybingumas

ieceltizraisītradīt

makenontwerpenscheppenaanmakencreëren

frambringeframkallelageskape

stworzyćtworzyć

criar

творитьсоздаватьсоздатьсотворитьвыполнять

povzročitiustvariti

skapatillverkagöraproducera

สร้าง

yaratmakatamakgetirmekoluşturmak

tạo ra

创造封授

create

[kriːˈeɪt]

A. VT

1. (gen) (Comput) → crear; [+ character] → inventar; [+ rôle] → encarnar; [+ fashion] → desarrollar; [+ fuss, noise] → armar; [+ problem] → causar, crear
to create an impression → impresionar, causar buena impresión

2. (= appoint) → nombrar
he was created a peer by the Queen → fue nombrado par por la reina

B. VI (Brit) (= make a fuss) → montar un número, armar un lío

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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

vt

(= bring into existence) → schaffen; new style, fashion also → kreieren; the world, man → erschaffen; draught, noise, fuss → verursachen; difficulties → machen; problems (person) → schaffen; (action, event) → verursachen, hervorbringen; impression → machen; (Comput) file → anlegen, erstellen; to create a sensation → eine Sensation sein; to create a fuss → Theater machen (inf)

(= appoint) peer → ernennen; peers can only be created by the reigning monarch → nur der regierende Monarch kann jemanden in den Adelsstand erheben; to create somebody baron → jdn zum Baron erheben or ernennen

vi (Brit inf) → Theater machen (inf)

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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

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create

(kriˈeit) verb

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 criar (s)tvořit; vyvolat (er-)schaffen skabe; frembringe; oprette δημιουργώcrear looma, tekitama آفریدن؛ خلق کردن luoda 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 scheppenskape, frambringe/-kalle tworzyć خلق کول، پیدا کول criar a crea создавать (s)tvoriť; vyvolať povzročiti stvoriti framkalla สร้าง yaratmak, oluşturmak 創造 творити; створювати پیدا کرنا، وجود می‍ں لانا tạo nên 创造

2. to give (a rank etc to). Sir John was created a knight in 1958. maak, benoem يَمنَحُ لَقَبـا давам титла fazer jmenovat ernennen zu udnævne; gøre til ορίζω, χρίζωnombrar ülendama عنوان اعطا کردن myöntää 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 utnevnemianować د بخښلو عنوان fazer a face присваивать титул menovať imenovati imenovati utnämna แต่งตั้ง atamak, getirmek 封爵，授予 зводити (до) عطا كرنا phong cấp 封授

creˈation noun

1. the act of creating. the creation of the world. skepping, in die lewe roep, voortbring خَلْـق сътворение criação stvoření die Erschaffung skabelse δημιουργίαcreación loomine آفرینش luominen créationיצירה, בריאה सृजन stvaranje teremtés penciptaan sköpun creazione 創造 창조 (su)kūrimas, kūryba radīšana; izraisīšana; iecelšana (dižciltīgo kārtā) penciptaan scheppingskapelsestworzenie, twór مخلوق criação creaţie создание stvorenie stvarjenje stvaranje skapelse, skapande การสร้าง yaratma, var etme 創造 створення تخليق، پيدائش sự tạo ra 创造，创建

2. something created. The dress designer is showing his latest creations. skeppings إبداع، خَلْق، شيء مُبتَكَر творба criação výtvor die Schöpfung værk; kreation; kunstværk; skaberværk δημιουργία, δημιούργημαcreación looming ابداع؛ ابتکار työ créationיצירה रचना stvaralaštvo, uradak alkotás ciptaan handverk; sköpunarverk creazione 創作品 창작물 kūrinys darbs (mākslā, zinātnē) ciptaan creatieskaperverk, kreasjon kreacja, twór ابتکار criação creaţie творение výtvor stvaritev kreacija verk, kreation ผลงานประดิษฐ์ kreasyon, buluş 創造物 творіння اختراع، ايجاد tác phẩm 创造物

creˈative (-tiv) adjective

having or showing the power and imagination to create. a creative dress-designer. skeppingskrag, vormend خلاّق، مُبْدِع творчески criativo kreativní, tvořivý schöpferisch kreativ; skabende; idérig δημιουργικόςcreativo loov خلاق luova créateur יְצִירָתִי सृजनात्मक kreativan, stvaralački alkotó; teremtő kreatif skapandi, frjór creativo 創造的な 창의적인 kūrybingas, kūrybiškas radošs kreativiti creatiefskapende, kreativ, formendetwórczy خلاق 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 有创造力的

creˈatively adverb

skeppend, kreatiewelik بإبداع творческо criativamente tvořivě schöpferisch kreativt; idérigt 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 creatiefkreativt twórczo له ابتکار سره 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 有创造性地

creˈativeness noun

skeppingskrag, skeppingsvermoë إبداعيّه، خَلْق، فَنِّيَّـه творческа способност criatividade tvůrčí schopnost die Schaffenskraft skaberevne 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 creativiteitskaperevne twórczy charakter ابتکار، خلاقیت 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 创造性

ˌcreaˈtivity (kriːə-) noun

kreatiwiteit قُدرة الْخَلق والأبداع творческа сила criatividade tvořivost die Kreativität kreativitet δημιουργικότητα creatividad loovus خلاقیت luovuus créativité יְצִירָתִיוּת सृजनात्मकता kreativnost alkotóképesség kreativitas sköpunargáfa creatività 創造性 창조성 kūrybingumas radoša izdoma sifat kreatif creativiteitkreativitet, skaperkraft, oppfinnsomhet kreatywność خلاقیت criatividade creativitate творческий дар tvorivosť ustvarjalnost kreativnost kreativitet ความสามารถในการสร้างสรรค์ yaratıcılık 創造力 творче ставлення; здатність творити قوت تخليق، قوت اختراع tính sáng tạo 创造力

creˈator noun

a person who creates. skepper, ontwerper, maker خالِق، مُبْدِع създател criador tvůrce der Erschaffer skaber δημιουργόςcreador looja آفریننده؛ خالق luoja créateur/-trice יוצר सृष्टिकर्त्ता stvaralac alkotó pencipta skapari, höfundur creatore, creatrice 創造者 창조자 kūrėjas radītājs; autors mencipta schepperskapertwórca پیداکوونکی ، خالق criador creator создатель tvorca ustvarjalec stvaralac skapare, upphovsman ผู้ประดิษฐ์ yaratıcı 創造者 творець; автор خالق، موجد người sáng tạo 创造者

the Creator

God. die Skepper الخالِق، اللـه Господ Criador Stvořitel der Sch��pfer Skaberen 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 پیداکوونکی Criador Creatorul Бог Stvoriteľ Stvarnik Tvorac skaparen พระเจ้า Allah 造物者，上帝 Творець خدا Đấng Tạo hóa 造物者，上帝

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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

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create

vt. crear.

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