• IPA: /kɹiːˈeɪt/

create (creates, present participle creating; past and past participle created)

1. (transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)

   You can create the color orange by mixing yellow and red.

   • 1829, Thomas Tully Crybbace, An Essay on Moral Freedom:

     [...] God created man a moral agent.

   Synonyms: generate
   Antonyms: annihilate, extinguish
   1. (especially, of a, god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.
      • 1560, [William Whittingham et al., transl.], The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. […] (the Geneva Bible), Geneva: Printed by Rouland Hall, OCLC 557472409 ↗, Genesis I:1:

        In the beginning God created y{{sup

   2. 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.

      Synonyms: invent

      Antonyms: imitate

2. (transitive) 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

   A sudden chemical spill on the highway created a chain‐collision which created a record traffic jam.

3. (transitive) 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.

   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.

4. (intransitive) To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.

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

5. (transitive) In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.
6. (UK, intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.

   • 'What's the time?' she said. 'I must fly. Miss'll start creating.'

• French: créer
• German: schaffen, kreieren
• Italian: creare
• Portuguese: criar
• Russian: создава́ть
• Spanish: crear, generar

• German: entwerfen
• Portuguese: criar

• Spanish: crear

• Spanish: crear

create

1. (obsolete) Created, resulting from creation.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act 2, scene 2]:

     Hearts create of duty and zeal.

   • 1814, Dante Alighieri, “Canto III”, in H[enry] F[rancis] Cary, transl., The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri. [...] In Three Volumes, volume I (Hell), London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, […], OCLC 559008226 ↗, lines 7–9, page 10 ↗:

     Before me things create were none, save things / Eternal, and eternal I endure. / All hope abandon ye who enter here. [Inscription on the gate of Hell.]