create

Pronunciation: /kɹiːˈeɪt/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb make or cause to be or to become
  2. verb bring into existence
  3. verb pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity

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).

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Synonyms

make

Semantic network

Narrower (hyponyms)
derive, lay down, twine, realize, recreate, scrape

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