create
/kɹiːˈeɪt/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.02 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "When an ultrasonic beam is fired at the microcannons, the emulsion evaporates, expanding rapidly into gas. This creates enough force to push the nanobullets out at velocities reaching several metres per second."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
creates (present, singular)
creating (participle, present)
created (participle, past)
created (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
created (first person, past)
createst (archaic, present)
created (past, second person)
createdst (archaic, past)
createth (archaic, present)
created (past, singular)