create

¹cre·ate

verb \krē-ˈāt, ˈkrē-ˌ\

cre·at·edcre·at·ing

Definition of CREATE

transitive verb

1

: to bring into existence <God created the heaven and the earth — Genesis 1:1(Authorized Version)>

2

a : to invest with a new form, office, or rank <was created a lieutenant>

b : to produce or bring about by a course of action or behavior <her arrival created a terrible fuss> <create new jobs>

3

: cause, occasion <famine creates high food prices>

4

a : to produce through imaginative skill <create a painting>

b : design <creates dresses>

intransitive verb

1

: to make or bring into existence something new

2

: to set up a scoring opportunity in basketball <create off the dribble>

Examples of CREATE

1. Several new government programs were created while she was governor.
2. The President has announced a plan to create new jobs.
3. the scientists who created the world's first atomic bomb
4. The machine creates a lot of noise.
5. It can be hard to create a balance between work and family.
6. She creates a friendly and welcoming atmosphere for her guests.
7. The advertisements are intended to create demand for the product.
8. I've been creating music for over 30 years.
9. She enjoys creating new dishes by combining unusual ingredients.

Origin of CREATE

Middle English, from Latin creatus, past participle of creare; akin to Latin crescere to grow — more at crescent

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to CREATE

Synonyms

beget, breed, bring, bring about, bring on, catalyze, cause, effect, do, draw on, effectuate, engender, generate, induce, invoke, make, occasion, produce, prompt, result (in), spawn, translate (into), work, yield

Related Words

conduce (to), contribute (to); decide, determine; begin, establish, father, found, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, launch, pioneer, set, set up, start; advance, cultivate, develop, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote; enact, render, turn out

Near Antonyms

impede, limit, restrict; clamp down (on), crack down (on), crush, dampen, put down, quash, quell, repress, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress; arrest, check, control, curb, inhibit, rein (in), restrain, retard; can [slang], kill, snuff (out), still; abolish, demolish, destroy, extinguish, liquidate, quench

Rhymes with CREATE

abate, ablate, adnate, aerate, age-mate, agnate, airdate, airfreight, alate, arête, await, backdate, baldpate, bandmate, baseplate, bedmate, bedplate, berate, birthrate, bistate, bite plate, blank slate, blind date, blue plate, bookplate, breastplate, casemate, castrate, caudate, cell plate, cerate, cheapskate, checkmate, chelate, chordate, citrate, classmate, clavate, cognate, collate, comate, conflate, connate, Cook Strait, cordate, cremate, crenate, curate, cut-rate, deadweight, death rate, debate, deflate, delate, dentate, derate, dictate, dilate, disrate, donate, doorplate, downstate, drawplate, elate, end plate, equate, estate, faceplate, falcate, fellate, filtrate, first-rate, fishplate, fixate, flatmate, floodgate, fluxgate, flyweight, folate, formate, frustrate, gelate, gestate, ground state, gyrate, hamate, hastate, headgate, Hell Gate, helpmate, home plate, hot plate, housemate, hydrate, ice-skate, inflate, ingrate, inmate, innate, instate, irate, jailbait, Kuwait, lactate, lapse rate, legate, liftgate, ligate, lightweight, liquate, lobate, locate, lunate, lustrate, lych-gate, lyrate, magnate, makebate, makeweight, mandate, messmate, migrate, misstate, mutate, nameplate, narrate, negate, Newgate, nitrate, notate, nutate, oblate, of late, orate, ornate, ovate, palmate, palpate, peltate, phonate, pinnate, placate, playdate, playmate, plicate, portrait, postdate, predate, prime rate, probate, prolate, pronate, prorate, prostate, prostrate, punctate, pupate, quadrate, rain date, ramate, rebate, red-bait, relate, restate, roommate, rostrate, rotate, saccate, schoolmate, seatmate, sedate, sensate, septate, serrate, shipmate, short weight, slave state, soleplate, soul mate, spectate, spicate, squamate, stagnate, stalemate, stellate, striate, sublate, substrate, sulcate, summate, tailgate, teammate, Tebet, tenth-rate, ternate, terneplate, testate, third-rate, tinplate, to date, toeplate, tollgate, tractate, translate, tristate, truncate, unweight, update, uprate, upstate, V-8, vacate, vallate, valvate, vibrate, virgate, vulgate, whitebait, workmate

²create

adjective

Definition of CREATE

archaic

: created

First Known Use of CREATE

15th century