creation

cre·a·tion

(krē-ā′shən)

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.

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.

cre·a′tion·al adj.

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creation

(kriːˈeɪʃən)

1. the act or process of creating

2. the fact of being created or produced

3. something that has been brought into existence or created, esp a product of human intelligence or imagination

4. the whole universe, including the world and all the things in it

5. (Clothing & Fashion) an unusual or striking garment or hat

creˈational adj

Creation

(kriːˈeɪʃən)

1. (Theology) the Creation God's act of bringing the universe into being

2. (Theology) the universe as thus brought into being by God

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cre•a•tion

(kriˈeɪ ʃən)

1. the act of creating or engendering.

2. the fact of being created.

3. something that is created.

4. the Creation, the original bringing into existence of the universe by God.

5. the world; universe.

6. creatures collectively.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin]

cre•a′tion•al, cre•a′tion•ar`y (-ʃəˌnɛr i) adj.

Creation

God’s Creation of the world as described in Genesis. The Creation took six days and on the seventh day God rested.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	creation - the human act of creating creative activity activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" smut - creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire re-creation - the act of creating again creating from raw materials - the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it production - the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services creating by mental acts - the act of creating something by thinking 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" creating by removal - the act of creating by removing something
	2.	creation - an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole art, 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 master copy, original, master - an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made needlecraft, needlework - a creation created or assembled by needle and thread 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" conception beginning - the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war" fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization, impregnation - creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
	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" founding, instauration, initiation, origination, innovation, institution, introduction, foundation commencement, start, beginning - the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" 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 existence theology, 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" cosmos, macrocosm, universe, world, existence natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man 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'" celestial body, heavenly body - natural objects visible in the sky 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 estraterrestrial body, extraterrestrial object - a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere 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 He said all sides were committed to the creation of a democratic state.

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creation

noun

1. The act of founding or establishing:

2. The totality of all existing things:

3. Any fictitious idea accepted as part of an ideology by an uncritical group; a received idea:

Translations

إِبْداعإبداع، خَلْق، شيء مُبتَكَرخَلْـق

výtvorstvoření

skabelseskaberværkværkkreationkunstværk

luominenluomusluomakunta

stvaranje

alkotásműteremtésteremtmény

handverk; sköpunarverksköpun

創造

창조

výtvor

stvaritevstvarjenje

skapande

การสร้าง

sự sáng tạo

creation

[kriːˈeɪʃən] N

2. (= dress etc) → modelo m

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creation

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create

(kriˈeit) verb

1. to cause to exist; to make. How was the earth created?; The circus created great excitement.

2. to give (a rank etc to). Sir John was created a knight in 1958.

creˈation noun

1. the act of creating. the creation of the world.

2. something created. The dress designer is showing his latest creations.

creˈative (-tiv) adjective

having or showing the power and imagination to create. a creative dress-designer.

creˈatively adverbcreˈativeness nounˌcreaˈtivity (kriːə-) nouncreˈator noun

a person who creates.

the Creator

God.

creation

→ إِبْداع výtvor skabelse Schöpfung δημιουργία creación luominen création stvaranje creazione 創造 창조 creatie skapelse tworzenie criação творение skapande การสร้าง yaradılış sự sáng tạo 创造

creation

n. creación, obra; universo.