create
/kɹiːˈeɪt/ verb A2- To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:) · You can create the color orange by mixing yellow and red.
- 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. · Couturiers create exclusive garments for an affluent clientele.
- To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion. · crop failures created food shortages and high prices; his stubbornness created many difficulties· A sudden chemical spill on the highway created a chain‐collision which created a record traffic jam.
- To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute. · Henry VIII created him a Duke. Last month, the queen created two barons.
- To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative. · Children usually enjoy creating, never mind if it is of any use!
- In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.
Plural create · He/she/it creates · Past created · Past participle created · -ing form creating
Verb forms
- Base form
- create
- He/she/it
- creates
- Past
- created
- Past participle
- created
- -ing form
- creating
From the library
Darcy, that you hardly ever forgave;--that your resentment, once created, was unappeasable.
“This family paper was committed to my care by Sir Charles Baskerville, whose sudden and tragic death some three months ago created so much excitement in Devonshire.
“My information dates from the day on which I was arrested,” returned the Abbé Faria; “and as the emperor had created the kingdom of Rome for his infant son, I presume that he has realized the dream of Machiavelli and Cæsar Borgia, which was to make Italy a united kingdom.”
“There is not a hope,” replied Faria, shaking his head, “but no matter; God wills it that man whom he has created, and in whose heart he has so profoundly rooted the love of life, should do all in his power to preserve that existence, which, however painful it may be, is yet always so dear.”
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