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creates

The correct spelling is creates.

How to pronounce creates

verb

Say it like: Cree-tes

The correct spelling is creates. To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:) For example: "You can create the color orange by mixing yellow and red."

Usage Examples

You can create the color orange by mixing yellow and red.

A sudden chemical spill on the highway created a chain‐collision which created a record traffic jam.

Henry VIII created him a Duke.   Last month, the queen created two barons.

Definition

verb

  1. 1.To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
  2. 2.To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.
  3. 3.To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.
  4. 4.To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.
  5. 5.In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.

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