Definition of create

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cre·ate    (kr-t) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
cre·at·ed, cre·at·ing, cre·ates

1. To cause to exist; bring into being. See Synonyms at found¹.
2. To give rise to; produce: That remark created a stir.
3. To invest with an office or title; appoint.
4. To produce through artistic or imaginative effort: create a poem; create a role.

ADJECTIVE:
Archaic

Created.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English createn, from Latin crere, cret-; see ker-² in Indo-European roots