create

1. (transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)Examples: "You can create the color orange by mixing yellow and red."; "… God created man a moral agent."; "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."Synonyms: generate, makeAntonyms: annihilate, extinguishtransitive

2. (transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)Examples: "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."Synonyms: generate, makeAntonyms: annihilate, extinguishespeciallytransitive

3. (transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)Examples: "Couturiers create exclusive garments for an affluent clientele."; "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."Synonyms: generate, make, inventAntonyms: annihilate, extinguish, imitatetransitive

4. (transitive) To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.Examples: "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."; "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

5. (transitive) To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.Examples: "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."; "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."transitive

6. (intransitive) To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.Examples: "Children usually enjoy creating, never mind if it is of any use!"intransitive