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creation Definition

crea·tion (krē ā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a creating or being created
  2. the universe and everything in it; all the world
  3. anything created; esp., something original created by the imagination; invention, design, etc.

Etymology: ME creacion < L creatio

creation Idioms

the Creation

Theol. God's creating of the world

creation Synonyms

creation

n.

  1. The process of creating

    origination, production, formulation; see conception 1, making, origin 1, production 1.

  2. All that has been created

    cosmos, nature, totality, world; see earth 1, universe.

  3. A work of art

    creative work, imaginative work, work of genius, opus, magnum opus, chef d'oeuvre (French), piece, production, invention, brainchild*; see also art 3, work 3.

creation Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • universe: They only usually exist for small three geometries, corresponding to the creation of a small universe.
  • embryo: For example, stem cell research is very wrong when it involves the creation of human embryos for experimentation.

Converse of object

  • announce: In 2000 the government announced the creation of the first nurse consultant posts and established a target of 1,000 nurse consultants by 2004.
  • enable: Enables the instant creation of choirs from single vocal tracks.
  • oversee: They oversee the creation, setting and marking of exams.
  • allow: Firstly it will allow creation of our own online tutorial systems.
  • involve: The deal will involve the creation of a charitable company with University Trustees.
  • propose: In concrete terms, I propose the creation of an ' Anonymity Biosphere ' .

Adjective modifier

  • artistic: The Newsletter provides a forum for you to express your ideas, needs, scientific and artistic creations.
  • deliberate: This deliberate creation and destruction of human life makes it even more objectionable, in moral terms, than reproductive human cloning.
  • divine: Notable evolutionists and denier of divine creation, divine intervention and divine judgment was Aldous Huxley, the grandson of Thomas Huxley.
  • literary: True or not, such a theory doesn't explain or illuminate the marvel of literary creation that is Falstaff.

Modifies a noun

  • myth: Thus a theory, especially a foundational theory, is constructed in a mathematical creation myth.
  • ordinance: You see, the Fall has distorted God's creation ordinances - for sexual relationships and work.

Noun used with modifier

  • wealth: The second in Ivor's series of talks on the Integrated Company looks at wealth creation.
  • metadata: Metadata Workflow Investigation MWI is a study of metadata creation and management processes within the JISC Information Environment.
  • habitat: We encourage composting and alternatives to herbicides and pesticides and are looking for habitat creation as well as variety of plants present.
  • job: They are interested in " job creation " only so long as the jobs can be done more cheaply by humans than by machines.
  • woodland: Native broadleaf trees will also be planted where conservation is the main aim of woodland creation.
  • PDF: CutePDF Writer Free version of commercial PDF creation software.