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create

v.
A1 Beginner Oxford US //kɹiˈeɪt// UK //kɹiːˈeɪt// cre·ate Academic Archaic General-service Informal

v. to make something new happen or exist. You use this when you build, draw, or invent something that wasn't there before.

v. to bring something into existence; to produce or cause something to happen.


SIMPLE

The artist creates beautiful sculptures out of recycled metal.

CONTEXTUAL

The city council hopes the new community garden will create a safe space for children to play after school.

COMPLEX

The author manages to create an atmosphere of creeping dread, relying on subtle shifts in the narrator's tone rather than explicit descriptions of violence.

Synonyms
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).

Usage

The verb is transitive and requires a direct object.

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