Definition of CREATE

create

Verb

Verb Forms: created, creating, creates

  • To bring something into existence.
  • make or cause to be or to become
    • "create a furor"
  • bring into existence
    • "The company was created 25 years ago"
    • "He created a new movement in painting"
  • pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity
  • invest with a new title, office, or rank
    • "Create one a peer"
  • create by artistic means
    • "create a poem"
    • "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"
    • "Picasso created Cubism"
  • create or manufacture a man-made product
  • To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
  • 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 bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
  • 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.

Examples

  • A sudden chemical spill on the highway created a chain‐collision which created a record traffic jam.
  • Children usually enjoy creating, never mind if it is of any use!
  • Couturiers create exclusive garments for an affluent clientele.
  • Henry VIII created him a Duke. Last month, the queen created two barons.
  • Under the concordate with Belgium, at least one Belgian clergyman must be created cardinal; by tradition, every archbishop of Mechelen is thus created a cardinal.
  • You can create the color orange by mixing yellow and red.
  • You have to create your own luck in Scrabble by managing your rack.

Origin / 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

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

Scrabble Score: 8

create: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
create: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
create: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

create: valid Words With Friends Word