Meaning of create in English

create

verb

/kriˈeɪt/ us

/kriˈeɪt/

create verb (MAKE)

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to make something new, or invent something:

Charles Schulz created the characters "Snoopy" and "Charlie Brown".

The Bible says that God created the world.

create something from something He created a wonderful meal from very few ingredients.

It's important to create a good impression when you meet a new client.

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to make something

makeCan I make you a cup of coffee?
produceCalifornia produces a lot of grapes.
createLeonardo da Vinci created the masterpiece we know as "Mona Lisa".
inventAlexander Graham Bell is credited with inventing the telephone.
developThey are working to develop the next generation of underwater vehicles.
manufactureThe car is manufactured in Germany.

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The merger of these two companies would create the world's biggest accounting firm.
The design company is planning to join up with a shoe manufacturer and create a new range of footwear.
A large mirror in a room can create the illusion of space.
As a parent you try to create a stable home environment for your children to grow up in.
The prime minister claims that he wants to create a classless society.

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Creating and producing

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Inventing, designing and innovation

create verb (BE ANGRY)

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to show that you are angry:

If she sees you with an ice cream she'll only start creating.

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Becoming angry and expressing anger

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(Definition of create from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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create

verb [ T ]

/kriˈeɪt/

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to cause something to exist, or to make something new or imaginative:

He created some of the most magnificent works of art ever made.

The new hotel is expected to create 200 jobs.

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create

verb [ T ]

/kriˈeɪt/ us

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to make something exist:

create problems/responsibilities

create jobs/opportunities, etc. The new development will create hundreds of jobs in the area.

create money/wealth We'll help you create wealth using tried-and-tested investment strategies.

to make something new, especially to invent something:

In 1991, McCahill and his researchers created an easy way to navigate the internet and find information on it, known as 'Gopher'.

to form a new company, etc.:

There are strict guidelines to be followed when you are creating a new company.

(Definition of create from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of create

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Most of these calculi use two binders and to distinguish between functions (created by -abstraction) and types (created by -abstraction).

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We provide functions to transform a regular transition into a randomized change, which select only one result from the created distribution.

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Thus, his system requires one to define an abstract type at the same point where it is created.

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Intuitively, you can think of it much like creating a reference cell in memory.

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What is the unique experience that can be created?

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As one respondent put it, a contract would be created between the practitioner and the trust.

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Until the creation there is nothing there to contemplate, and once they have been created they exist in their whole lifespan.

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However, there is a difference between making a thing and creating it.

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Since each created being is transworld depraved, each will perform at least one wrong action.

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Making others laugh creates the sense of being liked.

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Together we have created and nurtured something of value.

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The aim of the hostage is to provide a different way of creating contractual balance and thus the right incentive structure for an effective relationship.

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Operationally, are websites that are created later more likely to approximate their cluster centroid than websites that were designed earlier?

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To make the analysis more reliable, a cultural index is created by means of factor analysis.

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How can a dialogue be created and sustained between commissioners, providers and service users?

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Translations of create

in Chinese (Traditional)

製造, 創造, 創建…

Meaning of create in English

create verb (MAKE)

create verb (BE ANGRY)

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