create

verb
/kɹiːˈeɪt/

To bring into existence

Example

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

Other meanings

To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.
To or 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.

Related words

noncreating
concreate
creatard
creotard
discreate
increate
miscreate
newcreate
transcreate
uncreate
cocreate
self-create

Example sentences

“I'm worried it could create friction between us.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0
“Will the economy create more jobs next year?”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“What is done today creates the conditions of the future.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "creātus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “create” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.