Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To cause to exist; bring into being: synonym: establish.
- transitive verb To give rise to; produce.
- transitive verb To produce through artistic or imaginative effort.
- transitive verb To invest with an office or title; appoint.
- adjective Created.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Begotten; composed; created.
- To bring into being; cause to exist; specifically, to produce without the prior existence of the material used, or of other things like the thing produced; produce out of nothing.
- To make or produce from crude or scattered materials; bring into form; embody: as, Peter the Great created the city of St. Petersburg; Palladio created a new style of architecture.
- To make or form by investing with a new character or functions; ordain; constitute; appoint: as, to
create one a peer. - To be the occasion of; bring about; cause; produce.
- To beget; generate; bring forth.
- To originate; engage in originative action.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To bring into being; to form out of nothing; to cause to exist.
- transitive 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.
- transitive verb To invest with a new form, office, or character; to constitute; to appoint; to make.
- adjective obsolete Created; composed; begotten.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To put into
existence . - verb transitive To
design , invest with a new form, shape, etc. - verb intransitive To be
creative , imaginative. - verb transitive To
cause , bring a (non-object) about by action. - verb transitive To
confer a title ofnobility , not by descent, but by giving a title eitherinitiated orrestored for the incumbent. - verb transitive To
confer acardinalate , which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre‐existent title (notably a church in Rome). - adjective archaic
Created , resulting fromcreation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb bring into existence
- verb create or manufacture a man-made product
- verb create by artistic means
- verb invest with a new title, office, or rank
- verb make or cause to be or to become
- verb pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Infinite should form for Himself and _in_ Himself, an idea of what HE willed to produce or create: and, as there is no Time with Him, to _will was_ to _create_, to _plan_ was to _will_ and to _create_; and in the
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Albert Pike 1850
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Remember that the word create comes from the same origin as Creator, so we are closer to God when we are using our creativity.
The SOURCE of MIRACLES KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2009
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G. LOPEZ: I never saw something that had peace in the title create so many fights.
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Not only does the label create entire collections for men and women, it is also responsible for accessories and lingerie.
Lifelounge.com - Daily Goodness author 2010
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Not only does the label create entire collections for men and women, it is also responsible for accessories and lingerie.
Lifelounge.com - Daily Goodness author 2010
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Not only does the label create entire collections for men and women, it is also responsible for accessories and lingerie.
Lifelounge.com - Daily Goodness author 2010
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In the name of what he calls the create ideological battle of our age, he remains the first American President in our history to justify what everyone throughout the free world calls torture.
The State Of The Union: A President Who Is No Longer The Leader Of The Free World 2007
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CANFIELD: Well, there are a number of ways but one of the ways that I like to start with my clients is what I call create an irritation list.
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The issue is not what the English word "create" means, but what the Hebrew word that is usually translated that was in Genesis 1 means.
Review of The Lost World of Genesis One, Part Three James F. McGrath 2009
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And now the forums are officially open for our hooping community to once again create profiles and groups, post events in the calendar, blog, to view and share videos and more.
Hooping.org | Blog | Hooping.org Launches Our New Community Forums 2009
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