cre ‧ ate S2 W1 AC /kriˈeɪt/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ creation , ↑ creativity , ↑ creator , ↑ creativeness ; verb : ↑ create , ↑ recreate ; adverb : ↑ creatively ; adjective : ↑ creative ≠ UNCREATIVE ]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: past participle of creare ]
1 . to make something exist that did not exist before:
Some people believe the universe was created by a big explosion.
Her behaviour is creating a lot of problems.
The new factory is expected to create more than 400 new jobs.
2 . to invent or design something:
This dish was created by our chef Jean Richard.
Philip Glass created a new kind of music.
The software makes it easy to create colourful graphs.
3 . create somebody something British English to officially give someone a special rank or title:
James I created him Duke of Buckingham.