EGAVE

create

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 69.00 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To bring into existence;
    You can create the color orange by mixing yellow and red.
  2. verb To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.
  3. verb 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.
  4. verb 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
  5. verb 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.
  6. verb To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.
    Children usually enjoy creating, never mind if it is of any use!
  7. verb In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.
  8. verb To make a fuss, complain; to shout.

Similar words

make produce creation shape invent instill forming instil define originate

Often followed by

a the an and new your in more their

Word family

created creates creating creation creations creative creatively creativity creator creators

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