created

cre-at-ed · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of "create": brought something into existence; made or produced something new.

  2. 2.

    Caused a particular situation or feeling to exist.

  3. 3.

    Appointed someone to an honor or rank.

Phrases & expressions

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    created equal — born with the same fundamental rights (from the U.S. Declaration of Independence)
  • •
    self-created — brought into being by oneself without external help
  • •
    man-created — made or caused by humans rather than nature

Related words

Antonyms: demolished, destroyed, eliminated
See also: create, creation, creative, made
Synonyms: formed, generated, made, produced

Etymology

From Latin creatus, past participle of creare meaning "to make, bring forth, produce," related to crescere "to grow." Entered English through Old French creer in the 14th century.