create

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to make, cause to be or to become

   I created a new song over the weekend.

2. 2
   verb

   to create by artistic means

   create a poem

3. 3
   verb

   to pursue a creative activity

   I like to create.

4. 4
   verb

   to bring into existence

   The company was created 25 years ago

5. 5
   verb

   To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)

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

6. 6
   verb

   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

7. 7
   verb

   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.

8. 8
   verb

   To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.

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

Etymology

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).