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   create

   /krɪˈeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. bring (something) into existence: "he created a thirty-acre lake" Similar generateproducedesignmakefabricatefashionmanufacturebuildconstructerectdoturn outbring into beingoriginateinventinitiateengenderdeviseframedevelopshapeformmouldforgeconcocthatchinformal:knock togetherknock upknock offestablishfoundinstituteconstituteinauguratelaunchset upput in placestartlay the foundations offormorganizedevelopbuild upget something goingget something movingget something workinginformal:kick something offOpposite dismantle
   • ▪ cause (something) to happen as a result of one's actions: "divorce created only problems for children" Similar bring aboutresult incausebe the cause ofgive rise tolead tobreedgenerateengenderproducemakemake forpromptpromotefostersow the seeds ofcontribute tostir upwhip upinspireliterary:enkindleOpposite destroy
   • ▪ (of an actor) originate (a role) by playing a character for the first time: "Callas created only one role, and that was Eurydice"
   • ▪ invest (someone) with a title of nobility: "he was created a baronet" Similar appointmakeinstall asinvestnamenominatedesignate
   • 2. make a fuss; complain: informal British "little kids create because they hate being ignored"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘form out of nothing’, used of a divine or supernatural being): from Latin creat- ‘produced’, from the verb creare.

   Derivatives

   • 1. creatable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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