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create

UK/kɹiːˈeɪt/ US/kriˈeɪt/ common uk

verb

1.

make or cause to be or to become

  • “make a mess in one”
  • “;”
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2.

bring into existence

  • “The company was created 25 years ago”
  • “He created a new movement in painting”
3.

pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity

  • “Don”
4.

invest with a new title, office, or rank

  • “Create one a peer”
5.

create by artistic means

  • “create a poem”
  • “Schoenberg created twelve-tone music”
  • “Picasso created Cubism”
  • “Auden made verses”
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6.

create or manufacture a man-made product

  • “We produce more cars than we can sell”
  • “The company has been making toys for two centuries”
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Origin

From Middle English createn, from Latin creātus, the perfect passive participle of creō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). In this sense, mostly displaced Old English wyrċan (whence Modern English work) and ġesċieppan (whence Modern English shape).

Phrases

  • come into being
  • create daylight between oneself and someone

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