# create
## English
### Alternative forms

* creäte (archaic)

### Etymology

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).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɹiˈeɪt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪt

### Verb

create (third-person singular simple present creates, present participle creating, simple past and past participle created)
* (transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
    Synonyms: generate, make
    Antonyms: annihilate, extinguish
    You can create the color orange by mixing yellow and red.
** 1829, Thomas Tully Crybbace, An Essay on Moral Freedom:
    [...] God created man a moral agent.
** 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 171:Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.
** 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 48:The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", […] "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
** (especially of a god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.
*** 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, recto:In the beginning God created y$^e$ 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.
** 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.
    Synonym: invent
    Antonym: imitate
    Couturiers create exclusive garments for an affluent clientele.
*** 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. […] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.
* (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
    A sudden chemical spill on the highway created a chain‐collision which created a record traffic jam.
** 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.
* (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.
    Under the concordate with Belgium, at least one Belgian clergyman must be created cardinal; by tradition, every archbishop of Mechelen is thus created a cardinal.
** c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:Create him Prorex of Affrica, That he may win the Babilonians hearts, Which will reuolt from Perſean gouernment, Unleſſe they haue a wiſer King than you.
* (intransitive) To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.
    Children usually enjoy creating, never mind if it is of any use!
* (transitive) In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.
* (UK, intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
** 1972, H. E. Bates, The Song of the Wren:'What's the time?' she said. 'I must fly. Miss'll start creating.'

#### Conjugation

$^†$ Archaic or obsolete.

#### Derived terms

* cocreate
* concreate
* creatard
* create daylight between oneself and someone
* creotard
* discreate
* increate
* miscreate
* newcreate
* noncreating
* self-create
* transcreate
* uncreate

#### Related terms

* creable
* creatability
* creatable
* creation
* creational
* creationally
* creationarily
* creationary
* creationism
* creationist
* creationistic
* creationistically
* creative
* creatively
* creativeness
* creativity
* creator
* creatorship
* creatress
* creatrix
* creatural
* creature
* creatureliness
* creaturely
* procreate
* recreate
* re-create
* recreation

#### Translations

Albanian: mbaroj (sq) (gheg), krijoj (sq), sajoj (sq), lentoj (sq)
Arabic: خَلَقَ (ar) (ḵalaqa)
Egyptian Arabic: خلق (ḵalaʔ)
Aragonese: creyar
Armenian: ստեղծել (hy) (steġcel), (poetic) արարել (hy) (ararel)
Asturian: crear (ast)
Azerbaijani: yaratmaq (az)
Belarusian: твары́ць impf (tvarýcʹ), ствары́ць pf (stvarýcʹ)
Bengali: বানানো (bn) (bananō), তৈরি করা (bn) (tōiri kora)
Bulgarian: създава́м (bg) impf (sǎzdavám), създа́м (bg) pf (sǎzdám), творя́ (bg) impf (tvorjá), сътворя́вам (bg) impf (sǎtvorjávam), сътворя́ pf (sǎtvorjá)
Burmese: ဖန်တီး (my) (hpanti:), ဖန် (my) (hpan)
Catalan: crear (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 創造 / 创造 (zh) (chuàngzào), 締造 / 缔造 (zh) (dìzào)
Cornish: gul, gwruthyl, oberi
Czech: tvořit (cs) impf, vytvořit (cs) pf, udělat (cs) pf
Danish: skabe
Dutch: creëren (nl), scheppen (nl), maken (nl)
Egyptian: (ptḥ)
Esperanto: krei
Estonian: looma
Extremaduran: crial
Finnish: luoda (fi)
French: créer (fr)
Galician: crear (gl)
Georgian: შექმნა (šekmna)
German: schaffen (de), kreieren (de)
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaskapjan)
Greek: δημιουργώ (el) (dimiourgó)
Ancient: κτίζω (ktízō)
Haitian Creole: kreye
Hebrew: יָצַר (he) m (yatsár), בָּרָא (he) m (bará)
Higaonon: agbuhaton
Hindi: सर्जन करना (sarjan karnā), बनाना (hi) (banānā), रचना करना (racnā karnā), सृष्टि करना (sŕṣṭi karnā), सिरजना (hi) (sirajnā)
Hungarian: teremt (hu), alkot (hu), létrehoz (hu)
Icelandic: skapa (is)
Ido: krear (io)
Indonesian: menciptakan (id)
Irish:
Old Irish: do·fuissim
Italian: creare (it)
Japanese: 生み出す (ja) (umidasu), 創造する (ja) (sōzō suru)
Kazakh: жарату (jaratu), жасау (kk) (jasau), құру (qūru), тудыру (tudyru), шығару (şyğaru)
Khmer: បង្ក (km) (bɑngkɑɑ), បង្កើត (km) (bɑngkaət)
Korean: 창조하다 (ko) (changjohada)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: afirandin (ku), xulqandin (ku)
Kyrgyz: жаратуу (ky) (jaratuu)
Latgalian: radeit, taiseit
Latin: creō (la)
Latvian: radīt
Lithuanian: kurti (lt), sukurti
Macedonian: создава impf (sozdava), создаде pf (sozdade), твори impf (tvori), створи pf (stvori)
Malay: cipta (ms), mencipta
Malayalam: ഉണ്ടാക്കുക (ml) (uṇṭākkuka), സൃഷ്ടിക്കുക (ml) (sr̥ṣṭikkuka)
Maltese: ħalaq
Maore Comorian: uumba
Mari:
Eastern: ышташ (yštaš)
Mbyá Guaraní: moingo
Middle English: formen
Mongolian: бүтээх (mn) (büteex), үүсгэх (mn) (üüsgex)
Ngazidja Comorian: huumba
Norman: créer
Norwegian: skape (no)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: творити impf (tvoriti)
Old East Slavic: творити impf (tvoriti)
Old English: wyrċan, ġesċieppan
Oromo: uumuu (om)
Persian: آفریدن (fa) (âfaridan), خلق کردن (fa) (xalq kardan), بوجود آوردن, ایجاد کردن (fa) (ijâd kardan)
Piedmontese: creé
Plautdietsch: schaufen
Polish: tworzyć (pl) impf, stworzyć (pl) pf
Portuguese: criar (pt)
Quechua: kamay
Romanian: crea (ro)
Russian: создава́ть (ru) impf (sozdavátʹ), созда́ть (ru) pf (sozdátʹ), твори́ть (ru) impf (tvorítʹ), сотвори́ть (ru) pf (sotvorítʹ)
Sanskrit: कृ (sa) (kṛ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тво̀рити impf, ства́рати impf, ство̀рити pf
Roman: tvòriti (sh) impf, stvárati (sh) impf, stvòriti (sh) pf
Silesian: tworzić impf
Slovak: tvoriť impf, vytvoriť pf
Slovene: ustvarjati impf, ustvariti pf, narediti pf
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: tworiś impf
Upper Sorbian: tworić impf
Spanish: crear (es), generar (es)
Swahili: kuumba
Swedish: skapa (sv)
Tajik: офаридан (ofaridan), эҷод кардан (ejod kardan)
Telugu: సృష్టించు (sr̥ṣṭiñcu), కల్పించు (te) (kalpiñcu), సృజించు (sr̥jiñcu), చేయు (te) (cēyu)
Thai: สร้างสรรค์ (th) (sâang-sǎn), สร้าง (th) (sâang)
Tocharian B: pyutk-
Turkish: yaratmak (tr), oluşturmak (tr), meydana getirmek (tr), ortaya koymak (tr), teşekkül ettirmek, tekvin etmek (tr)
Turkmen: döretmek
Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎐𐎊 (qny)
Ukrainian: твори́ти (uk) impf (tvorýty), створи́ти (uk) pf (stvorýty)
Uyghur: ياراتماق (yaratmaq)
Uzbek: yaratmoq (uz), ijod etmoq
Vietnamese: tạo (vi), tạo nên (vi), sáng tạo (vi)
Welsh: creu (cy)
Yiddish: שאַפֿן (shafn), באַשאַפֿן (bashafn) :
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### Adjective

create (comparative more create, superlative most create)
* (obsolete) Created, resulting from creation.
** 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:Hearts create of duty and zeal.
** 1814, Dante Alighieri, “Canto III”, in H[enry] F[rancis] Cary, transl., The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri. […], volume I (Hell), London: […] [J. Barfield] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 10, lines 7–9:Before me things create were none, save things / Eternal, and eternal I endure. / All hope abandon ye who enter here. [Inscription on the gate of Hell.]

#### Translations
### Further reading

* “create”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* “create”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “create”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* create on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* & cetera, Cartee, cerate, ecarte, tracee, écarté

## Italian
### Verb

create
* inflection of creare:
** second-person plural present indicative
** second-person plural imperative

### Anagrams

* cerate, recate, tacere

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /kreˈaː.te/, [kreˈäːt̪ɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /kreˈa.te/, [kreˈäːt̪e]

### Verb

creāte
* second-person plural present active imperative of creō

### Participle

creāte
* vocative masculine singular of creātus

### Anagrams

* cetera

## Middle English
### Adjective

create
* Alternative form of creat

### Verb

create
* first-person/subjective/imperative singular present indicative of createn
* subjective/imperative plural present indicative of createn
* first-person/third-person/subjective singular past indicative of createn
* plural past indicative of createn

## Spanish
### Verb

create
* second-person singular voseo imperative of crear combined with te