create — Dizionario inglese

Verbo

1. To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Sinonimi

   generatemake

   Contrari

   annihilateextinguish

   Esempi

   You can create the color orange by mixing yellow and red.

   … God created man a moral agent.

   Altri esempi (3)

   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.

2. To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.

   Uso

   • especially
   • transitivo
   • of a god

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   Altri esempi (1)

   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.

3. To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:) To make or produce from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Sinonimi

   invent

   Contrari

   imitate

   Esempi

   Couturiers create exclusive garments for an affluent clientele.

   Altri esempi (1)

   From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.

4. To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.

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   • transitivo

   Esempi

   crop failures created food shortages and high prices; his stubbornness created many difficulties

   A sudden chemical spill on the highway created a chain‐collision which created a record traffic jam.

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   The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.

5. To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   Henry VIII created him a Duke. Last month, the queen created two barons.

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   Under the concordate with Belgium, at least one Belgian clergyman must be created cardinal; by tradition, every archbishop of Mechelen is thus created a cardinal.

   Create him Prorex of Affrica, That he may win the Babilonians hearts, Which will reuolt from Perſean gouernment, Unleſſe they haue a wiſer King than you.

6. To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.

   Uso

   • intransitivo

   Esempi

   Children usually enjoy creating, never mind if it is of any use!

7. In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.

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   • transitivo

8. To make a fuss, complain; to shout.

   Uso

   • uso britannico
   • colloquiale
   • intransitivo

   Esempi

   'What's the time?' she said. 'I must fly. Miss'll start creating.'

Aggettivo

1. Created, resulting from creation.

   Uso

   • obsoleto

   Esempi

   Hearts create of duty and zeal.

   Before me things create were none, save things / Eternal, and eternal I endure. / All hope abandon ye who enter here. [Inscription on the gate of Hell.]

Verbo

1. make or cause to be or to become

   Sinonimi

   make

   Termini più generali

   inducestimulatecausehavegetmake

   Esempi

   make a mess in one's office

   create a furor

2. bring into existence

   Termini più generali

   actmove

   Esempi

   The company was created 25 years ago

   He created a new movement in painting

3. pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity

   Termini più generali

   actmove

   Esempi

   Don't disturb him — he is creating

4. invest with a new title, office, or rank

   Termini più generali

   appointcharge

   Esempi

   Create one a peer

5. create by artistic means

   Sinonimi

   make

   Termini più generali

   make

   Esempi

   create a poem

   Schoenberg created twelve-tone music

   Altri esempi (2)

   Picasso created Cubism

   Auden made verses

6. create or manufacture a man-made product

   Sinonimi

   producemake

   Termini più generali

   make

   Esempi

   We produce more cars than we can sell

   The company has been making toys for two centuries