Can we create something out of nothing?
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Create
//kɹiːˈeɪt//
Synonyms for "create" (168 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (50)
Related words (84)
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How these synonyms differ
- design - 'Design' emphasizes planning and intention, the blueprint before the execution. You design before you build.
- establish - 'Establish' means creating something meant to endure, a foundation, an institution, a precedent. Permanence is the key.
- generate - 'Generate' implies systematic production, generating ideas, generating revenue. It's about output rather than artistry.
- invent - 'Invent' means bringing into existence something entirely new, it implies originality and ingenuity beyond general creation.
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13 entrieshas subevent
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3 entriesrelated to
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2 entriesTranslations
205 translations across 100 languages.
Albanian
4 entries- krijoj verb (to put into existence)
- lentoj verb (to put into existence)
- mbaroj (gheg) verb (to put into existence)
- sajoj verb (to put into existence)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κτίζω verb (to put into existence)
- κτίζω verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
Arabic
2 entries- خلق verb (to put into existence)
- خَلَقَ verb (to put into existence)
Aragonese
1 entries- creyar verb (to put into existence)
Armenian
3 entries- արարել verb (to put into existence)
- ստեղծել verb (to put into existence)
- ստեղծել verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
Asturian
1 entries- crear verb (to put into existence)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yaratmaq verb (to put into existence)
Belarusian
2 entries- ствары́ць verb (to put into existence)
- твары́ць verb (to put into existence)
Bengali
2 entries- তৈরি করা verb (to put into existence)
- বানানো verb (to put into existence)
Bulgarian
4 entries- създа́вам verb (to put into existence)
- създа́м verb (to put into existence)
- създава́м verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
- сътворя́ verb (to put into existence)
Burmese
2 entries- ဖန် verb (to put into existence)
- ဖန်တီး verb (to put into existence)
Catalan
2 entries- crear verb (to put into existence)
- crear verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
Chichewa
1 entries- lenga verb (to put into existence)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 創造 /创造 verb (to put into existence)
- 締造 /缔造 verb (to put into existence)
Church Slavic
1 entries- творити verb (to put into existence)
Cornish
3 entries- gul verb (to put into existence)
- gwruthyl verb (to put into existence)
- oberi verb (to put into existence)
Czech
3 entries- tvořit verb (to put into existence)
- udělat verb (to put into existence)
- vytvořit verb (to put into existence)
Danish
3 entries- kreere verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
- skabe verb (to put into existence)
- skabe verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
Dutch
4 entries- creëren verb (to put into existence)
- creëren verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
- maken verb (to put into existence)
- ontwerpen verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- ышташ verb (to put into existence)
Egyptian
1 entries- p:t-H verb (to put into existence)
Esperanto
2 entries- krei verb (to put into existence)
- krei verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
Estonian
1 entries- looma verb (to put into existence)
Extremaduran
1 entries- crial verb (to put into existence)
Finnish
2 entries- luoda verb (to put into existence)
- luoda verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
French
2 entries- créer verb (to put into existence)
- nommer verb (to confer a title of nobility)
Galician
1 entries- crear verb (to put into existence)
Georgian
1 entries- შექმნა verb (to put into existence)
German
3 entries- entwerfen verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
- kreieren verb (to put into existence)
- schaffen verb (to put into existence)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to put into existence)
Greek
2 entries- δημιουργώ verb (to put into existence)
- πλάθω verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- kreye verb (to put into existence)
Hebrew
2 entries- בָּרָא verb (to put into existence)
- יָצַר verb (to put into existence)
Higaonon
1 entries- agbuhaton verb (to put into existence)
Hindi
4 entries- बनाना verb (to put into existence)
- रचना verb (to put into existence)
- रचना करना verb (to put into existence)
- सिरजना verb (to put into existence)
Hungarian
4 entries- alkot verb (to put into existence)
- létrehoz verb (to put into existence)
- teremt verb (to put into existence)
- ……-i rangra emel verb (to confer a title of nobility)
Icelandic
1 entries- skapa verb (to put into existence)
Ido
1 entries- krear verb (to put into existence)
Indonesian
1 entries- menciptakan verb (to put into existence)
Italian
1 entries- creare verb (to put into existence)
Japanese
4 entries- 創り出す verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
- 創作する verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
- 創造する verb (to put into existence)
- 創造する verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
Kazakh
4 entries- жарату verb (to put into existence)
- жасау verb (to put into existence)
- тудыру verb (to put into existence)
- шығару verb (to put into existence)
Khmer
2 entries- បង្ក verb (to put into existence)
- បង្កើត verb (to put into existence)
Korean
1 entries- 창조하다 verb (to put into existence)
Kunda
1 entries- lenga verb (to put into existence)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- жаратуу verb (to put into existence)
Latgalian
2 entries- radeit verb (to put into existence)
- taiseit verb (to put into existence)
Latin
1 entries- creō verb (to put into existence)
Latvian
1 entries- radīt verb (to put into existence)
Lenje
1 entries- lenga verb (to put into existence)
Lithuanian
2 entries- kurti verb (to put into existence)
- sukurti verb (to put into existence)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- tworiś verb (to put into existence)
Macedonian
4 entries- создава verb (to put into existence)
- создаде verb (to put into existence)
- створи verb (to put into existence)
- твори verb (to put into existence)
Malay
2 entries- cipta verb (to put into existence)
- mencipta verb (to put into existence)
Malayalam
3 entries- ഉണ്ടാക്കുക verb (to put into existence)
- സൃഷ്ടിക്കുക verb (to put into existence)
- സൃഷ്ടിക്കുക verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
Maltese
1 entries- ħalaq verb (to put into existence)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- uumba verb (to put into existence)
Middle English
2 entries- formen verb (to put into existence)
- formen verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
Mongolian
2 entries- бүтээх verb (to put into existence)
- үүсгэх verb (to put into existence)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- huumba verb (to put into existence)
Norman
1 entries- créer verb (to put into existence)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- afirandin verb (to put into existence)
- xulqandin verb (to put into existence)
Norwegian
1 entries- skape verb (to put into existence)
Nyungwe
1 entries- lenga verb (to put into existence)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- творити verb (to put into existence)
Old English
2 entries- wyrċan verb (to put into existence)
- ġesċieppan verb (to put into existence)
Old Irish
1 entries- do·fuissim verb (to put into existence)
Oromo
1 entries- uumuu verb (to put into existence)
Persian
4 entries- آفریدن verb (to put into existence)
- ابداع کردن verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
- ایجاد کردن verb (to put into existence)
- ایجاد کردن verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
Piedmontese
1 entries- creé verb (to put into existence)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- schaufen verb (to put into existence)
Polish
2 entries- stworzyć verb (to put into existence)
- tworzyć verb (to put into existence)
Portuguese
2 entries- criar verb (to put into existence)
- criar verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
Quechua
1 entries- kamay verb (to put into existence)
Romanian
2 entries- crea verb (to put into existence)
- crea verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
Russian
4 entries- созда́ть verb (to put into existence)
- создава́ть verb (to put into existence)
- сотвори́ть verb (to put into existence)
- твори́ть verb (to put into existence)
Sanskrit
1 entries- कृ verb (to put into existence)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- stvárati verb (to put into existence)
- stvòriti verb (to put into existence)
- tvòriti verb (to put into existence)
- ства́рати verb (to put into existence)
Silesian
1 entries- tworzić verb (to put into existence)
Slovak
2 entries- tvoriť verb (to put into existence)
- vytvoriť verb (to put into existence)
Slovene
3 entries- narediti verb (to put into existence)
- ustvariti verb (to put into existence)
- ustvarjati verb (to put into existence)
Southern Altai
1 entries- јазаар verb (to put into existence)
Spanish
4 entries- crear verb (to put into existence)
- crear verb (to confer a title of nobility)
- crear verb (to confer a cardinalate)
- generar verb (to put into existence)
Swahili
1 entries- kuumba verb (to put into existence)
Swedish
1 entries- skapa verb (to put into existence)
Tajik
2 entries- офаридан verb (to put into existence)
- эҷод кардан verb (to put into existence)
Telugu
4 entries- ఏర్పరచు verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
- కల్పించు verb (to put into existence)
- చేయు verb (to put into existence)
- చేయు verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
Thai
2 entries- สร้าง verb (to put into existence)
- สร้างสรรค์ verb (to put into existence)
Tocharian B
1 entries- pyutk verb (to put into existence)
Turkish
4 entries- meydana getirmek verb (to put into existence)
- oluşturmak verb (to put into existence)
- ortaya koymak verb (to put into existence)
- tekvin etmek verb (to put into existence)
Turkmen
1 entries- döretmek verb (to put into existence)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎖𐎐𐎊 verb (to put into existence)
Ukrainian
2 entries- створи́ти verb (to put into existence)
- твори́ти verb (to put into existence)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- tworić verb (to put into existence)
Uyghur
1 entries- ياراتماق verb (to put into existence)
Uzbek
2 entries- ijod etmoq verb (to put into existence)
- yaratmoq verb (to put into existence)
Vietnamese
3 entries- sáng tạo verb (to put into existence)
- tạo verb (to put into existence)
- tạo nên verb (to put into existence)
Welsh
2 entries- creu verb (to put into existence)
- creu verb (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc.)
Yao
1 entries- kupanganya verb (to put into existence)
Yiddish
2 entries- באַשאַפֿן verb (to put into existence)
- שאַפֿן verb (to put into existence)
Sample sentences
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If we don't create an environment that enables instant Internet access, our company will also fall behind.
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Our cities create serious pollution problems.
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We will be able to build farms and create fields there.
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