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Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 171:Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.\n2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 48:The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about \"creating compelling content\", \"share the things you love with the world\" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.\nSynonym: generate\nAntonyms: annihilate, extinguish", "submean": [ "(especially of a god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.\n1560, , The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament.  (the Geneva Bible), Geneva: Rouland Hall, →OCLC, Genesis I:1, folio 1, recto:In the beginning God created ye heauen and the earth. And the earth was without forme & voyde, and darkenes was vpon the depe, & the Spirit of God moued vpon the waters.", "To make or produce from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc.\nCouturiers create exclusive garments for an affluent clientele.\n2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.\nSynonym: invent\nAntonym: imitate" ] }, { "mean": "(transitive) To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.\ncrop failures created food shortages and high prices; his stubbornness created many difficulties\nA sudden chemical spill on the highway created a chain‐collision which created a record traffic jam.\n1918, W B Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.\nHenry VIII created him a Duke.   Last month, the queen created two barons.\nUnder the concordate with Belgium, at least one Belgian clergyman must be created cardinal; by tradition, every archbishop of Mechelen is thus created a cardinal.\nc. 1587–1588, , Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , part 1, 2nd edition, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:Create him Prorex of Affrica,That he may win the Babilonians hearts,Which will reuolt from Perſean gouernment,Unleſſe they haue a wiſer King than you." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.\nChildren usually enjoy creating, never mind if it is of any use!" }, { "mean": "(transitive) In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character." }, { "mean": "(UK, intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.\n1972, H. E. Bates, The Song of the Wren\n'What's the time?' she said. 'I must fly. Miss'll start creating.'" } ] }, { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(obsolete) Created, resulting from creation.\n1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Hearts create of duty and zeal.\n1814, Dante Alighieri, “Canto III”, in H F Cary, transl., The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri. In Three Volumes, volume I (Hell), London: for Taylor and Hessey, , →OCLC, lines 7–9, page 10:Before me things create were none, save things / Eternal, and eternal I endure. / All hope abandon ye who enter here." } ] }, { "name": "Further_reading", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "create at OneLook Dictionary Search\ncreate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. C. 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