What does create mean?
Definitions for create
kriˈeɪtcre·ate
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word create.
Princeton's WordNet
make, createverb
make or cause to be or to become
"make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
createverb
bring into existence
"The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting"
createverb
pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity
"Don't disturb him--he is creating"
createverb
invest with a new title, office, or rank
"Create one a peer"
create, makeverb
create by artistic means
"create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
produce, make, createverb
create or manufacture a man-made product
"We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
Wiktionary
createverb
To put into existence.
According to the Bible, God created the universe in six days.
createverb
To design, invest with a new form, shape, &c.
Couturiers create exclusive garments for an affluent clientele.
createverb
To be creative, imaginative.
Children usually enjoy creating, never mind if it is of any use!
createverb
To cause, bring a (non-object) about by action.
A sudden chemical spill on the highway created a chaincollision which created a record traffic jam.
createverb
To confer a title of nobility, not by descent, but by giving a title either initiated or restored for the incumbent.
Henry VIII created him a Duke.
createverb
To confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre‐existent title (notably a church in Rome).
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.
createadjective
Created, resulting from creation.
Etymology: From createn, from creatus, the perfect passive participle of creo.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To CREATEverb
Etymology: creo, Latin.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1.
We having but imperfect ideas of the operations of our minds, and much imperfecter yet of the operations of God, run into great difficulties about free created agents, which reason cannot well extricate itself out of. John Locke.
Now is the time of help: your eye in Scotland
Would create soldiers, and make women fight,
To doff their dire distresses. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.His abilities were prone to create in him great confidence of undertakings, and this was like enough to betray him to great errours and many enemies. Charles I .
They eclipse the clearest truths, by difficulties of their own creating, or no man could miss his way to heaven for want of light. Decay of Piety.
None knew, ’till guilt created fear,
What darts or poison’d arrows were. Wentworth Dillon.Must I new bars to my own joy create,
Refuse myself what I had forc’d from fate? John Dryden, Aurengz.Long abstinence is troublesome to acid constitutions, by the uneasiness it creates in the stomach. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.
And the issue there create,
Ever shall be fortunate. William Shakespeare, Midsummer-Night’s Dream.Arise my knights of the battle: I create you
Companions to our person, and will fit you
With dignities becoming your estates. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.The best British undertaker had but a proportion of three thousand acres for himself, with power to create a manor, and hold a court-baron. John Davies, on Ireland.
Webster Dictionary
Createadjective
created; composed; begotten
Createverb
to bring into being; to form out of nothing; to cause to exist
Createverb
to effect by the agency, and under the laws, of causation; to be the occasion of; to cause; to produce; to form or fashion; to renew
Createverb
to invest with a new form, office, or character; to constitute; to appoint; to make; as, to create one a peer
Etymology: [L. creatus, p. p. of creare to create; akin to Gr. krai`nein to accomplish, Skr. k to make, and to E. ending -cracy in aristocracy, also to crescent, cereal.]
Freebase
Create
Create is a digital television public television network in the United States. The network was created after the closure of PBS YOU in 2006. Create airs how-to, cooking, DIY, and other non-commercial educational television shows from the libraries of Public Broadcasting Service and American Public Television. The non-profit public broadcasting service airs its television programs through PBS affiliate member stations' and digital subchannels nationwide. NETA also provides services and programming to this network. Many of PBS' charter affiliates are also its major providers of programming, such as WGBH Boston, and WLIW and WNET in New York City. On Saturdays, the network has marathons based on themes, food related holidays or of a particular program.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Create
krē-āt′, v.t. to bring into being or form out of nothing: to beget: to form: to invest with a new form, office, or character: to produce.—adj. Creāt′able.—n. Creā′tion, the act of creating, esp. the universe: that which is created, the world, the universe.—adj. Creā′tional.—ns. Creā′tionism, the theory of special creation, opp. to Evolutionism: the theory that God immediately creates a soul for every human being born—opp. to Traducianism; Creā′tionist.—adj. Creā′tive, having power to create: that creates.—adv. Creā′tively.—ns. Creā′tiveness; Creā′tor, he who creates: a maker:—fem. Creā′trix, Creā′tress; Creā′torship.—adjs. Crea′tural, Crea′turely, pertaining to a creature or thing created.—ns. Creature (krē′tūr), whatever has been created, animate or inanimate, esp. every animated being, an animal, a man: a term of contempt or of endearment: a dependent, instrument, or puppet; Crea′tureship.—The Creator, the Supreme Being, God.—Creature comforts, material comforts, food, &c.: liquor, esp. whisky. [L. creāre, -ātum; Gr. krain-ein, to fulfil.]
Editors Contribution
create
To cause to exist in order of priority.
We all create an amazing sustainable community together.
Submitted by MaryC on January 19, 2020
create
To produce with artistic or imaginative effort in order of priority.
They love to create family birthday cards for members of the family.
Submitted by MaryC on January 19, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'create' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1243
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'create' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1913
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'create' in Verbs Frequency: #104
Anagrams for create »
ecarte
écarté
cerate
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of create in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of create in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of create in a Sentence
If we're jammed into a small backyard watching all of these fireworks because that's the only viewing window that we have, then it's not a great idea, if you can actually spread out and create distance with your family and other families, then you can do this safely.
There are some messages I can't create no matter who requests them, and Colorado is trying to force me to create custom, unique artwork to promote ideas inconsistent with my faith and the core of who I am.
This looming supply glut will create an environment where coal versus gas competition in Asia is a real possibility.
The reality is that bodies are just as they are. Some bodies are big, and some bodies are not, and some bodies will fluctuate, not everybody who is fat is actually looking to change that in any way. We just have to create safe spaces for fat folks to be themselves and to explore and move as they like.
A good mindset is key, you create your own culture, so communicate with your baby before and during pregnancy. Create enough time for yourself; have a morning or night routine that’s sacred to you.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
Translations for create
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- خلقArabic
- yaratmaqAzerbaijani
- създавам, творяBulgarian
- crearCatalan, Valencian
- udělat, vytvořitCzech
- creuWelsh
- skabe, kreereDanish
- schaffen, kreieren, entwerfenGerman
- πλάθω, δημιουργώGreek
- kreiEsperanto
- crear, generarSpanish
- loomaEstonian
- ایجاد کردن, بوجود آوردن, آفریدن, ابداع کردن, ایجاد, خلق کردن, خلقPersian
- luodaFinnish
- créerFrench
- chruthúIrish
- crearGalician
- ברא, יצרHebrew
- सर्जन करना, सिरजना, रचना करना, बनाना, सृष्टि करना, बनानेHindi
- kreyeHaitian Creole
- alkot, létrehoz, teremtHungarian
- արարել, ստեղծելArmenian
- membuatIndonesian
- krearIdo
- skapaIcelandic
- creareItalian
- 創造, 創作, 創り出す, 生み出す, 作りますJapanese
- შექმნაGeorgian
- 창조하다, 몹시 떠들어 대다Korean
- creōLatin
- radītLatvian
- creëren, maken, scheppen, ontwerpenDutch
- skapeNorwegian
- tworzyćPolish
- criarPortuguese
- kamayQuechua
- creaRomanian
- творить, создать, сотворить, создаватьRussian
- कृSanskrit
- ство̀рити, stvòritiSerbo-Croatian
- ustvariti, nareditiSlovene
- skapaSwedish
- สร้างสรรค์, สร้างThai
- meydana getirmek, ortaya koymak, oluşturmak, tekvin etmek, yaratmak, teşekkül ettirmekTurkish
- tạo nên, tạo, sáng tạoVietnamese
- באַשאַפן, שאַפןYiddish
- 创建Chinese
Get even more translations for create »
Translation
Find a translation for the create definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"create." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2023. Web. 5 Feb. 2023. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/create>.
Discuss these create definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In