make, create
(verb) make or cause to be or to become; âmake a mess in oneâs officeâ; âcreate a furorâ
produce, make, create
(verb) create or manufacture a man-made product; âWe produce more cars than we can sellâ; âThe company has been making toys for two centuriesâ
create
(verb) pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity; âDonât disturb him--he is creatingâ
create
(verb) bring into existence; âThe company was created 25 years agoâ; âHe created a new movement in paintingâ
create
(verb) invest with a new title, office, or rank; âCreate one a peerâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
create (third-person singular simple present creates, present participle creating, simple past and past participle created)
(transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
Synonym: generate
Antonyms: annihilate, extinguish
(especially, of a, god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.
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.
Synonym: invent
Antonym: imitate
(transitive) To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.
(transitive) To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.
(intransitive) To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.
(transitive) In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.
(UK, intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
create (comparative more create, superlative most create)
(obsolete) Created, resulting from creation.
• & cetera, Cartee, cerate, ecarte, tracee, Ă©cartĂ©
Source: Wiktionary
Cre*ate" (kr-t"), a.Etym: [L. creatus, p. p. of creare to create; akin to Gr. k to make, and to E. ending -cracy in aristocracy, also to crescent, cereal.]
Definition: Created; composed; begotte. [Obs.] Hearts create of duty and zeal. Shak.
Cre*ate", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Created;p. pr. & vb. n. Creating.]
1. To bring into being; to form out of nothing; to cause to exist. In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1.
2. 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. Your eye in Scotland Would create soldiers. Shak. Create in me a clean heart. Ps. li. 10.
3. To invest with a new form, office, or character; to constitute; to appoint; to make; as, to create one a peer. "I create you companions to our person." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., âthe father of the brideâ instead of âthe brideâs fatherâ
The word âcoffeeâ entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch âkoffie,â borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish âkahve,â borrowed in turn from the Arabic âqahwah.â The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
