create

  • 1Create (!) — Origin Long Beach, California, U.S. Genres free jazz experimental traditional music no wave Years active 1999–present …

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  • 2create — cre‧ate [kriˈeɪt] verb [transitive] 1. to make something exist that did not exist before: • The building boom has created 50,000 construction jobs in the state. • The two organizations will create a company to sell life insurance in Spain, with… …

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  • 3Create — 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. [1913 Webster] In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1. [1913 Webster] 2. To effect …

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  • 4create — I verb be responsible, be the agent, be the author, be the cause of, be the reason, beget, bring about, bring into being, bring on, bring out, bring to effect, bring to pass, build, carve, cause, cause to exist, chisel, compose, conceive, concoct …

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  • 5Create — Cre*ate (kr[ e]*[=a]t ), a. [L. creatus, p. p. of creare to create; akin to Gr. krai nein to accomplish, Skr. k[.r] to make, and to E. ending cracy in aristocracy, also to crescent, cereal.] Created; composed; begotten. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 6create — [krē āt′; ] often [ krē′āt΄] vt. created, creating [ME createn < L creatus, pp. of creare, to create < IE * k̑rē , var. of base * ker , to grow, cause to grow > CEREAL] 1. to cause to come into existence; bring into being; make;… …

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  • 7create — late 14c., from L. creatus, pp. of creare to make, bring forth, produce, beget, related to crescere arise, grow (see CRESCENT (Cf. crescent)). Related: Created; creating …

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  • 8create — *invent, discover Analogous words: *make, form, fashion, shape, forge: design, plan, scheme (see under PLAN n) …

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  • 9create — [v] develop in mind or physically actualize, author, beget, bring into being, bring into existence, bring to pass, build, cause to be, coin, compose, conceive, concoct, constitute, construct, contrive, design, devise, discover, dream up, effect,… …

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  • 10create — ► VERB 1) bring into existence. 2) make (someone) a member of the nobility. 3) Brit. informal make a fuss; complain. ORIGIN Latin creare produce …

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