cre|ate

cre|ate
cre|ate «kree AYT», verb, -at|ed, -at|ing, adjective.
–v.t.
1. to make a thing which has not been made before; bring into being: »

She created a garden in the desert. Composers create music. We men of the twentieth century, surrounded by hats “created” by Lili Daché… (Erwin Panofsky).

SYNONYM(S): originate, produce, invent.
2. to give rise to; be the cause of: »

The noise created a disturbance.

SYNONYM(S): cause, occasion.
3. to make by giving a new character, function, or status to: »

The queen created the man a knight.

SYNONYM(S): appoint, constitute.
4. to be the first to represent (a part or role): »

Maude Adams created the part of Barrie's Peter Pan.

–adj.
Archaic. created.
[< Latin creāre (with English -ate1)]
cre|at´a|ble, adjective.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • mis|cre|ate — «verb. MIHS kree AYT; adjective. MIHS kree iht, AYT», verb, at|ed, at|ing, adjective. –v.t., v.i. to create amiss; misform. –adj. created or formed improperly or unnaturally; misshapen. –mis´cre|a´tion, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • re-cre|ate — rec|re|ate «REHK ree ayt», verb, at|ed, at|ing. –v.t. to refresh, as with games, pastimes, or exercises. –v.i. to take recreation. ╂[< Latin recreāre (with English ate1) to restore < re again + creāre to create] …   Useful english dictionary

  • dis|cre|ate — «DIHS kree AYT», transitive verb, at|ed, at|ing. to undo (anything created); reduce to nothing; annihilate: »Thou hast set thine hand to unmake and discreate (Algernon Charles Swinburne) …   Useful english dictionary

  • in|cre|ate — «IHN kree AYT, IHN kree ayt», adjective. not created; existing without having been created: »Hail, holy Light!…Bright effluence of bright essence increate (Milton). ╂[< Medieval Latin increatus < Latin in not + creāre create] …   Useful english dictionary

  • new-cre|ate — «NOO kree AYT, NYOO », transitive verb, at|ed, at|ing. to create anew …   Useful english dictionary

  • pro|cre|ate — «PROH kree ayt», verb, at|ed, at|ing. –v.t. 1. to become father to; beget. 2. to bring into being; produce: »Only two on an average survive to procreate their kind (Cha …   Useful english dictionary

  • un|cre|ate — «UHN kree AYT», transitive verb, at|ed, at|ing. to undo the creation of; deprive of existence …   Useful english dictionary

  • cre — cre·ance; cre·at; cre·at·ed·ness; cre·at·ic; cre·atine; cre·at·i·nine; cre·atin·uria; cre·ation; cre·ation·al; cre·ation·ary; cre·ation·ism; cre·ation·ist; cre·ative·ness; cre·ativ·i·ty; cre·ator; cre·atress; cre·atrix; cre·dence; cre·den·da;… …   English syllables

  • cre|at´a|ble — cre|ate «kree AYT», verb, at|ed, at|ing, adjective. –v.t. 1. to make a thing which has not been made before; bring into being: »She created a garden in the desert. Composers create music. We men of the twentieth century, surrounded by hats… …   Useful english dictionary

  • ate — ab·bre·vi·ate; ac·cel·er·ate; acra·ni·ate; ac·u·ate; acu·le·ate; ac·yl·ate; adul·ter·ate; af·fec·tion·ate; af·fil·i·ate; ag·ate; ag·glom·er·ate; al·kyl·ate; al·lit·er·ate; am·mo·ni·ate; ap·pro·pri·ate; ar·che·go·ni·ate; as·cid·i·ate; as·per·ate;… …   English syllables

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