Word

create, v.
(created, creates, creating)
freq. cnt. 138

make or cause to be or to become
<verb.creation> freq. cnt.: 337 freq. cnt.: 243 freq. cnt.: 94

create make

sample sentences

"make a mess in one's office"
"create a furor"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

making

also see

make over make up

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

creature creature

semantic pointers

hyponym

sire, beget, father, generate, bring forth, get, engender, mother reproduce, procreate, multiply regenerate clear distill, extract, distil derive, educe froth, spume, suds establish, lay down, make puncture twine cleave track institute, bring short-circuit, short re-create grind generate, bring forth start, initiate, originate give, yield bring, make for, work, wreak, play call up, summon create by mental act, create mentally make, create realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate cause, make, do give, establish put on, turn in bear, turn out create from raw material, create from raw stuff build, construct, make build, establish assemble, set up, put together, piece, tack, tack together style strike copy, re-create create verbally write, compose choreograph direct film film-make recreate offset scrape produce, bring forth produce, give rise, bring about press prepare cut cut raise beat chop manufacture blast, shell arouse, evoke, elicit, provoke, fire, raise, enkindle, kindle incorporate form, organize, organise

bring into existence
<verb.creation> freq. cnt.: 38 freq. cnt.: 38

create

sample sentences

"The company was created 25 years ago"
"He created a new movement in painting"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

creative Creation creation creation creation creation

semantic pointers

hyponym

reinvent develop carve out

pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity
<verb.creation> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6

create

sample sentences

"Don't disturb him--he is creating"

verb frames

Somebody ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

creative creative creation creator

semantic pointers

hyponym

draw paint build

hypernym

act, move

create or manufacture a man-made product
<verb.creation> freq. cnt.: 90 freq. cnt.: 52 freq. cnt.: 38

create make produce

sample sentences

"We produce more cars than we can sell"
"The company has been making toys for two centuries"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sam and Sue %s the movie

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sam and Sue %s the movie

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sam and Sue %s the movie

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

making make maker maker

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

product product producer

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

creation creation

semantic pointers

hyponym

verb group

make, create

create by artistic means
<verb.creation> freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 16

create make

sample sentences

"create a poem"
"Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"
"Picasso created Cubism"
"Auden made verses"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Sam and Sue %s the movie

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

making

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

creative creative creation

semantic pointers

hypernym

make, create

hyponym

make, do design design

verb group

make, produce, create

invest with a new title, office, or rank
<verb.social>

create

sample sentences

"Create one a peer"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something

semantic pointers

hypernym

appoint, charge