cre8

Verb

create (third-person singular simple present creates, present participle creating, simple past and past participle created)

1. (transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
   • You can create the color orange by mixing yellow and red.

   Synonyms:

   generate, make

   Antonyms:

   annihilate, extinguish

   1. (especially, transitive) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.
      • In the beginning God created yᵉ heauen and the earth. And the earth was without forme & voyde, and darkenes was vpon the depe, & the Spirit of God moued vpon the waters.1560, [William Whittingham et al., transl.], The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. […] (the Geneva Bible), Geneva: […] Rouland Hall, →OCLC, Genesis I:1, folio 1...
   2. (transitive) 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.
      • Couturiers create exclusive garments for an affluent clientele.
2. (transitive) 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
3. (transitive) 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.
4. (intransitive) To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.
   • Children usually enjoy creating, never mind if it is of any use!

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