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- pronunciation:
- kri
eIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
creates, creating, created |
definition 1: |
to bring into being.
He created a magnificent work of art for the town hall.The chef has created three new dishes.A new division of the police department was created to deal with this problem.The new government pledged to create more jobs.A large mirror on a wall can sometimes create a feeling of more space.- synonyms:
- develop, fabricate, father, form, found, initiate, invent, originate
- antonyms:
- abolish, annihilate, demolish, destroy, obliterate
- similar words:
- author, carve, compose, conceive, constitute, contrive, design, devise, engender, establish, fashion, formulate, generate, make, procreate, produce, start
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definition 2: |
to cause; make happen.
Arguing only creates more problems.The radicals hoped to create social unrest.- synonyms:
- bring about, engender, make
- similar words:
- beget, conceive, generate, give rise to, manufacture, procreate, produce
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related words: |
bear, beget, begin, bring, build, cause, construct, craft, deliver, determine, do, effect, fix, form, found, institute, introduce, lay, make up, manufacture, produce, set, settle, shape, tool |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition: |
to bring something into being, esp. works of the imagination.
As an artist, he had no desire to teach, only to create.- synonyms:
- conceive, imagine
- antonyms:
- destroy
- similar words:
- compose, dream up, visualize
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related words: |
account, conceive, deliver, produce |
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