Create

How to spell create

6 letters · 2 syllables

1 of the 20 people asked to spell create in Spelling Garden got it wrong the first time.

How to pronounce create

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does create mean?

1. verbTo bring something into existence or make something new.

Create in a sentence

• The design team will create a new logo for the company.

• A few small changes can create a calmer workspace.

Where does create come from?

Language of origin: Latin

This word descends from the Latin verb creare, which meant 'to bring forth', 'to produce', or 'to beget'. That root was closely tied to ideas of growth and increase, and it shares an ancestral connection with crescere, meaning 'to grow', the same root that gives us 'crescent' and 'increase'. The past participle creatus passed into late Middle English in the 1300s, and for a time 'create' was used as an adjective meaning 'created', as in beings 'create' by God. The modern verb form settled in soon after, carrying the sense of making something that did not exist before. The spelling keeps the Latin -eat- cluster intact, which is why the two vowels sit together and are pronounced as separate sounds.

How the word is built

• creat- (from Latin creare: to make, produce)
• -e