create (v.)

  1. make or cause to be or to become; make a mess in ones office; create a furor

    [ Syn: make ]

  2. bring into existence; 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; Don't disturb him--he is creating'

  4. invest with a new title, office, or rank; Create one a peer'

  5. create by artistic means; create a poem; Schoenberg created twelve-tone music; Picasso created Cubism; Auden made verses

    [ Syn: make ]

  6. create or manufacture a man-made product; We produce more cars than we can sell; The company has been making toys for two centuries

    [ Syn: produce , make ]

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