cre·a·tion (kr - sh n)n.1. a. The act of creating. b. The fact or state of having been created. 2. The act of investing with a new office or title. 3. a. The world and all things in it. b. All creatures or a class of creatures. 4. Creation The divine act by which, according to various religious and philosophical traditions, the world was brought into existence. 5. An original product of human invention or artistic imagination: the latest creation in the field of computer design.
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creation Noun 1. a creating or being created 2. something brought into existence or created Creation Noun Christianity 1. God's act of bringing the universe into being 2. the universe as thus brought into being by God
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | creation - the human act of creating activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" erotica, porn, porno, pornography, smut - creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire production - the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" | | 2. | creation - an artifact that has been brought into existence by someoneart, fine art - the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art" classic - a creation of the highest excellence composition - something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole; "he envied the composition of their faculty" improvisation - a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation) innovation, invention - a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation product, production - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" remake, remaking - creation that is created again or anew; "it is a remake of an old film" representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something piece - an artistic or literary composition; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests" | | 3. | creation - the event that occurred at the beginning of something; "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure"beginning - the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war" | | 4. | creation - the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"authorship, paternity - the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed" | | 5. | Creation - (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existencetheology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth | | 6. | creation - everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"extragalactic nebula, galaxy - (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'" closed universe - (cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang; the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matter natural order - the physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) laws nature - the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it" |
creation noun 4. setting up, development, production, institution, foundation, constitution, establishment, formation, laying down, inception, origination
Translations creation [kriːˈeɪʃən] create n → création f
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