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  creation

  noun

  the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
• Creation
  Creation

  noun

  God's act of bringing the universe into being

creation

American  

[kree-ay-shuhn] / kriˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

• creations
  plural

1. the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.

   Synonyms:

   formation, development, production

2. the fact of being created.

3. something that is or has been created.

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

5. the world; universe.

6. creatures collectively.

7. an original product of the mind, especially an imaginative artistic work.

   the creations of a poetic genius.

8. a specially designed dress, hat, or other article of women's clothing, usually distinguished by imaginative or unique styling.

   the newest Paris creations.

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creation ¹ British  

/ kriːˈeɪʃən /

noun

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. an unusual or striking garment or hat

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Creation ² British  

/ kriːˈeɪʃən /

noun

1. God's act of bringing the universe into being

2. the universe as thus brought into being by God

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Creation Cultural  

1. God's creation of the world as described in the Book of Genesis, commencing in this way: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth. And the Earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, ‘Let there be light’: and there was light.” According to this account, the Creation took six days, with God creating Adam and Eve on the sixth day and resting on the seventh day. Genesis also gives another account of the Creation, in which God makes Adam out of clay, prepares the Garden of Eden for him, and then fashions Eve out of Adam's rib.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• precreation
  noun
• self-creation
  noun
• anticreation
  adjective
• anticreational
  adjective
• creational
  adjective
• creationary
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• creations
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of creation

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English creacioun, from Latin creātiōn-, stem of creātiō “a begetting, bringing into being”; see create, -ion

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Explanation

Use the noun creation to describe bringing something into existence, such as the creation of a new organization or the creation of a cutting-edge computer program. Creation often describes the act of producing something for the first time, but it can also refer to the thing that's produced. In this sense, it often describes something involving artistic talent. If you write a short story, you'd probably ask your friends to read your artistic creation. Creation also can be used to refer to the universe in general. If your sister does something remarkable, you might say that in all of creation there's never been a sister like that.

Example Sentences

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"Rising educational attainment has outpaced job creation within the existing industrial structure," according to the IMF.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

One of the most notable examples was the merger of JDS Fitel and Uniphase in 1999, positioned as the creation of a fiber-optics empire.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

That’s because stealing, begging or borrowing material in service of an artistic creation made by real people is enormously different from some corporation doing it to build a better Mechanical Turk.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

It led to the creation of a federal elections agency, which later won autonomy from the government.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

There is still another account of the creation of mankind.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

They had been presented to him by Creation Records to recognise United Kingdom sales of more than 3.3 million copies.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Creation is what Ms. Van Herpen is all about.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Creation comes naturally to both of them; playing with personal aesthetics is a means of liberating oneself from the status quo.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026

Creation was for Beethoven’s the magnificence in the world which we inhabit; ‘Missa Solemnis’ is meant to keep it thus.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

One can take this either as evidence of a divine purpose in Creation and the choice of the laws of science or as support for the strong anthropic principle.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

The demos are lovely, ethereal sketches, documenting Townshend breathing life into his creations for the first time.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

Scheffler, who does not own a smartphone, said he tried to ignore AI until someone showed him how his most famous creations had been digitally recreated in locations such as Silicon Valley and Oktoberfest.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Here is a look at four of the most popular creations, and how they got their start.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

An a-Muse-ing trend: The newest creations from Silicon Valley are hyper-adorable digital assistants, most notably Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s Dots.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

“You notice some of my creations do not turn out well. They are marred. They do not sell. The face is the hardest to get right. Always the face.”

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

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