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- DictionaryCre·ate/krēˈāt/
verb
- 1. bring (something) into existence: "he created a thirty-acre lake" Similar generateproducedesignmakefabricatefashionmanufacturebuildconstructerectdoturn outbring into beingoriginateinventinitiateengenderdeviseframedevelopshapeformmoldforgeconcocthatchinformal:knock togetherknock upknock offestablishfoundinstituteconstituteinauguratelaunchset upput in placestartlay the foundations offormorganizedevelopbuild upget something goingget something movingget something workinginformal:kick something offOpposite dismantle
- ▪ cause (something) to happen as a result of one's actions: "divorce only created problems for children" Similar bring aboutresult incausebe the cause ofgive rise tolead tobreedgenerateengenderproducemakemake forpromptpromotefostersow the seeds ofcontribute tostir upwhip upinspireliterary:enkindleOpposite destroy
- ▪ (of an actor) originate (a role) by playing a character for the first time.
- ▪ invest (someone) with a new rank or title: "he was created a baronet" Similar appointmakeinstall asinvestnamenominatedesignate
Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘form out of nothing’, used of a divine or supernatural being): from Latin creat- ‘produced’, from the verb creare.
Derivatives
- 1. creatable adjective
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