createverb
uk/kriˈeɪt/us/kriˈeɪt/create verb (MAKE)
B1 [ T ] to make something new, or invent something:
Charles Schulz created the characters "Snoopy" and "Charlie Brown".
The Bible says that God created the world.
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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- 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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Creating and producing
- bear fruit idiom
- bring
- bring sth out
- churn sth out
- cobble
- craft
- on the go idiom
- overproduce
- patch
- patch sth together
- phase
- phase sth in
- pump
- raise
- rush
- turn sth out
- uncreative
- unleash
- unproductive
- wrought
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Inventing, designing and innovation
create verb (BE ANGRY)
[ I ] UK old-fashioned to show that you are angry:
If she sees you with an ice cream she'll only start creating.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming angry and expressing anger
- (almost) burst a blood vessel idiom
- ape
- ballistic
- bananas
- bay for blood idiom
- froth
- get your knickers in a twist idiom
- go ape idiom
- go nuts idiom
- go off the deep end idiom
- go postal idiom
- launch
- lose
- postal
- sharp
- storm
- tempers get frayed idiom
- turn in your grave idiom
- umbrage
- wobbly
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