Definitions for create
kriˈeɪtcre·ate

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. make, create(verb)

   make or cause to be or to become

   "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

2. create(verb)

   bring into existence

   "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting"

3. create(verb)

   pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity

   "Don't disturb him--he is creating"

4. create(verb)

   invest with a new title, office, or rank

   "Create one a peer"

5. create, make(verb)

   create by artistic means

   "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"

6. produce, make, create(verb)

   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(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. create(Verb)

   To put into existence.

   According to the Bible, God created the universe in six days.

2. create(Verb)

   To design, invest with a new form, shape, &c.

   Couturiers create exclusive garments for an affluent clientele.

3. create(Verb)

   To be creative, imaginative.

   Children usually enjoy creating, never mind if it is of any use!

4. create(Verb)

   To cause, bring a (non-object) about by action.

   A sudden chemical spill on the highway created a chainu2010collision which created a record traffic jam.

5. create(Verb)

   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.

6. create(Verb)

   To confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a preu2010existent 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.

7. create(Adjective)

   Created, resulting from creation.

Origin: From createn, from creatus, the perfect passive participle of creo.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Create(adj)

   created; composed; begotten

2. Create(verb)

   to bring into being; to form out of nothing; to cause to exist

3. Create(verb)

   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

4. Create(verb)

   to invest with a new form, office, or character; to constitute; to appoint; to make; as, to create one a peer

Origin: [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.]

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1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'create' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1243

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'create' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1913

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'create' in Verbs Frequency: #104

Anagrams for create »

1. ecarte, écarté

2. Ecarte

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of create in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of create in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of create in a Sentence

1. Cometan:

   I, you, we create reality.

2. Minister Osman:

   This will create employment.

3. Mike Huckabee:

   I didn't say it to create a buzz.

4. Jonathan Bricker:

   You can create a little bit of a home.

5. Tom Rath:

   You can't create the time, the moment.

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