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The verb create has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (104) make, create -- (make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor")
2. (40) create -- (bring into existence; "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting")
3. (6) create -- (pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity; "Don't disturb him--he is creating")
4. create -- (invest with a new title, office, or rank; "Create one a peer")
5. create, make -- (create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses")
6. produce, make, create -- (create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries")

Synonyms: make a fuss, kick up a fuss, kick up a rumpus, complain, cry
Synonyms: make, generate, produce, fashion, form, craft, build, construct

Antonym: destroy


Synonyms: invent, design, originate, initiate, give rise to, coin, conceive
Synonyms: establish, set up, found, start, get going

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3 of 6 senses of create

Sense 3
create -- (pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity; "Don't disturb him--he is creating")
-> act, move -- (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel")
=> alternate, take turns -- (do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift")
=> finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish -- (finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again")
=> rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate -- (act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!")
=> interrupt, disturb -- (destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading")
=> react, respond -- (show a response or a reaction to something)
=> go ahead, plow ahead -- (proceed (with a plan of action); "He went ahead with the project")
=> attack, aggress -- (take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack")
=> force -- (do forcibly; exert force; "Don't force it!")
=> create -- (pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity; "Don't disturb him--he is creating")
=> come to the fore, step forward, come forward, step up, step to the fore, come out -- (make oneself visible; take action; "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers")
=> reward, repay, pay back -- (act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions)
=> satisfice, staisfise -- (decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal; "optimization requires processes that are more complex than those needed to merely satisfice")
=> maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre -- (act in order to achieve a certain goal; "He maneuvered to get the chairmanship"; "She maneuvered herself into the directorship")
=> dispatch -- (dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently; "He dispatched the task he was assigned")
=> evade -- (practice evasion; "This man always hesitates and evades")
=> race -- (to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others; "We are racing to find a cure for AIDS")
=> use -- (habitually do something (use only in the past tense); "She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally"; "I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall"; "They used to vacation in the Bahamas")
=> play it by ear -- (decide on one's actions as one goes along, depending on the situation; "She didn't know what to expect from her new job, so she played it by ear")
=> play -- (act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome; "This factor played only a minor part in his decision"; "This development played into her hands"; "I played no role in your dismissal")
=> deal -- (take action with respect to (someone or something); "How are we going to deal with this problem?"; "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students")
=> partner -- (act as a partner; "Astaire partnered Rogers")
=> exert -- (make a great effort at a mental or physical task; "exert oneself")
=> egotrip -- (act in a way that attracts attention; "This teacher always egotrips and the students don't like him")
=> reciprocate -- (act, feel, or give mutually or in return; "We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!")
=> go, proceed, move -- (follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels")
=> come close -- (nearly do something; "She came close to quitting her job")
=> perform -- (perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?")
=> make bold, dare, presume -- (take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission; "How dare you call my lawyer?")
=> prosecute, engage, pursue -- (carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion")
=> act on -- (regulate one's behavior in accordance with certain information, ideas, or advice; "The Founding Fathers acted on certain moral principles")
=> interact -- (act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues")
=> react, oppose -- (act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say")
=> take time by the forelock -- (act quickly and decisively; not let slip an opportunity)
=> coact -- (act together, as of organisms)
=> volunteer, offer -- (agree freely; "She volunteered to drive the old lady home"; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it")
=> get around to -- (do something despite obstacles such as lack of time; "He finally got around to painting the windows")
=> dally, toy, play, flirt -- (behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection")
=> set about, go about, approach -- (begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project")
=> participate, take part -- (share in something)
=> misbehave, misconduct, misdemean -- (behave badly; "The children misbehaved all morning")
=> condescend, stoop, lower oneself -- (debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail")
=> behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry -- (behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times")
=> behave, comport -- (behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave")
=> try, seek, attempt, essay, assay -- (make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world")
=> woo, court, romance, solicit -- (make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary")
=> court -- (engage in social activities leading to marriage; "We were courting for over ten years")
=> dare -- (to be courageous enough to try or do something; "I don't dare call him", "she dares to dress differently from the others")
=> effect -- (act so as to bring into existence; "effect a change")
=> antagonize, antagonise, counteract -- (act in opposition to)
=> anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter -- (act in advance of; deal with ahead of time)
=> prosecute -- (conduct a prosecution in a court of law)
=> perpetrate, commit, pull -- (perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery")
=> rampage -- (act violently, recklessly, or destructively)
=> cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage -- (come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day")
=> condescend, deign, descend -- (do something that one considers to be below one's dignity)
=> condescend -- (behave in a patronizing and condescending manner)
=> take care -- (be careful, prudent, or watchful; "Take care when you cross the street!")
=> lord it over, queen it over, put on airs, act superior -- (act like the master of; "He is lording it over the students")
=> stampede -- (act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse; "Companies will now stampede to release their latest software")
=> make a point, make sure -- (make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally)
=> repeat, take over -- (do over; "They would like to take it over again")
=> surprise -- (come upon or take unawares; "She surprised the couple"; "He surprised an interesting scene")
=> sneak -- (put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner; "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette")
=> play -- (behave in a certain way; "play safe"; "play it safe"; "play fair")
=> take -- (carry out; "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance")
=> guard -- (take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence; "guard against becoming too friendly with the staff"; "guard against infection")
=> begin, start -- (begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade")
=> go off half-cocked, go off at half-cock -- (act prematurely or without reflection or too soon; "she wanted to quit her job but her mother told her not to go off half-cocked")
=> wait, hold off, hold back -- (wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment")
=> continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep -- (continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight")
=> do well, had best -- (act in one's own or everybody's best interest; "You will do well to arrive on time tomorrow!")
=> continue -- (continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch")
=> continue, persist in -- (do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move")

Sense 4
create -- (invest with a new title, office, or rank; "Create one a peer")
-> appoint, charge -- (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance")
=> delegate, designate, depute, assign -- (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))
=> depute, deputize, deputise -- (appoint as a substitute)
=> name, nominate, make -- (charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club")
=> empower, authorise, authorize -- (give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers")
=> accredit -- (provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials)
=> create -- (invest with a new title, office, or rank; "Create one a peer")

Sense 5
create, make -- (create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses")
-> make, create -- (make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor")
=> beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth -- (make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them")
=> reproduce, procreate, multiply -- (have offspring or young; "The deer in our neighborhood reproduce madly"; "The Catholic Church tells people to procreate, no matter what their economic situation may be")
=> regenerate -- (form or produce anew; "regenerate hatred")
=> clear -- (make a way or path by removing objects; "Clear a path through the dense forest")
=> distill, extract, distil -- (extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence of this compound")
=> derive, educe -- (develop or evolve from a latent or potential state)
=> froth, spume, suds -- (make froth or foam and become bubbly; "The river foamed")
=> lay down, establish, make -- (institute, enact, or establish; "make laws")
=> puncture -- (make by piercing; "puncture a hole")
=> twine -- (make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope")
=> cleave -- (make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock")
=> track -- (make tracks upon)
=> institute, bring -- (advance or set forth in court; "bring charges", "institute proceedings")
=> short-circuit, short -- (create a short circuit in)
=> re-create -- (create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale")
=> grind -- (created by grinding; "grind designs into the glass bowl")
=> generate, bring forth -- (bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office")
=> originate, initiate, start -- (bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation")
=> give, yield -- (cause to happen or be responsible for; "His two singles gave the team the victory")
=> bring, work, play, wreak, make for -- (cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area")
=> raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth -- (summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain")
=> create by mental act, create mentally -- (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
=> create, make -- (create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses")
=> realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate -- (make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions")
=> cause, do, make -- (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident")
=> establish, give -- (bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth")
=> put on, turn in -- (carry out (performances); "They turned in a splendid effort"; "They turned in top jobs for the second straight game")
=> bear, turn out -- (bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers")
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff -- (make from scratch)
=> construct, build, make -- (make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer")
=> build, establish -- (build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation")
=> assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together -- (create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee")
=> style -- (make consistent with a certain fashion or style; "Style my hair"; "style the dress")
=> strike -- (produce by ignition or a blow; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match")
=> copy, re-create -- (make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt")
=> create verbally -- (create with or from words)
=> compose, write -- (write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies")
=> choreograph -- (compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music; "Balanchine choreographed many pieces to Stravinsky's music")
=> direct -- (guide the actors in (plays and films))
=> film -- (record in film; "The coronation was filmed")
=> film-make -- (make films; be a film maker)
=> recreate -- (create anew; "she recreated the feeling of the 1920's with her stage setting")
=> offset -- (create an offset in; "offset a wall")
=> scrape -- (make by scraping; "They scraped a letter into the stone")
=> produce, bring forth -- (bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit")
=> produce, bring about, give rise -- (cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system")
=> press -- (create by pressing; "Press little holes into the soft clay")
=> prepare -- (to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech")
=> cut -- (form or shape by cutting or incising; "cut paper dolls")
=> cut -- (form by probing, penetrating, or digging; "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face")
=> raise -- (create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise; "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain")
=> beat -- (make by pounding or trampling; "beat a path through the forest")
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke -- (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy")
=> incorporate -- (form a corporation)
=> form, organize, organise -- (create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company")