to create

Examples

• All

• The archbishop is set to create several new bishops at the upcoming service.

• In 2000, I was appointed the first director of the newly created University Copyright Office at Purdue University.

  Academic text (2011)

• A package of tube fabrication tools was created for small bore tube assembly.

  Academic text (2011)

• A single royal commission was created to inquire about sanitary improvements.

  Academic text (2011)

• ASME's recently formed Energy-Water Nexus Interdisciplinary Council was created in an effort to draw on that expertise.

  Academic text (2011)

• There was a glimmer of hope in 1933, when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created the Civilian Conservation Corps.

  Academic text (2011)

• The queen will create a new duke during the royal ceremony this weekend.

Synonyms

D

to designate

vsto create

• Formal

124 5.0

To officially choose someone for a job or role

leans toward giving formal titles or ranks especially in noble or religious contexts

I

to invest

vsto create

• Formal

85 6.2

To give someone official power or a job, often in a ceremony

is about granting a new official title or rank in formal contexts

E

to entitle

vsto create

• Formal

65 5.9

Give someone a title that makes them part of the noble class

focuses on granting new official status in royal or religious systems

E

to elevate

vsto create

• Formal

52 4.4

To give someone a higher job or rank

is focused specifically on creating new official titles, not mere promotion

O

to ordain

vsto create

• Formal

38 7.3

To make someone a priest or minister in a special religious ceremony

focuses on giving new official titles beyond purely religious offices

C

to consecrate

vsto create

• Formal

33 7.4

To make a place or person holy by a ceremony

concerns granting an official title or rank rather than making sacred

A

to anoint

vsto create

• Formal

27 7.2

To officially choose someone for a job, often as a sign that they have power

is the formal bestowal of an official title or rank without spiritual emphasis

L

to lord

vsto create

• Formal

15 8.2

To give someone a title from a king that gives them power and respect

applies to formally giving a new official title or office more broadly

E

to ennoble

vsto create

• Formal

1 8.5

Give someone a title such as lord or lady

is the general act of formally assigning a new official title or rank

E

to enthrone

vsto create

• Formal

7.5

To give someone a high position of power in a formal ceremony, like making them a king or queen

is broader, including any title or rank, not only rulers' ceremonies

Antonyms

R

to remove

∞ 1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

D

to depose

31 7.4

To remove a leader from office, often by force

Idioms

C

to create quite a sensation

1 5.6

To cause a lot of public interest and excitement

Phrasal Verbs

C

to create a mess

1 2.1

Make a place messy so things are not in order

C

to create a ruck

• Jargon

9.9

Make players from both teams gather over the ball on the ground after a tackle

C

to create friction

4.6

To cause disagreement between people or groups

C

to create friction

• Specialized

3.9

To make two surfaces rub together so they resist movement

C

to create from raw material

4.0

To make something using raw materials

C

to create mentally

6.7

To form an idea or picture in your mind

C

to create synergy

• Jargon

4.7

Help people or groups work together to achieve more than they do alone

C

to create verbally

4.9

To make something new by speaking rather than writing

How Formal

to enthrone

• Formal

7.5

to create

• Formal

497 6.8

to elevate

• Formal

52 4.4

to appoint

• Formal

580 3.2

to name

• Formal

456 2.8

Surface Forms

Etymology