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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-ey-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. God's act of bringing the universe into being

2. the universe as thus brought into being by God

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creation ² 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 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

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

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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Last year, she quit and decided to pursue online content creation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

More than 450 years on, Mercator's creation is still the basis for many of the maps we see in classrooms, on TV and online, including Google Maps.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Blume’s original plan included the potential creation of a separate legal entity for Volkswagen’s namesake car brand and associated subsidiaries, according to people familiar with it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

In a blog post, OpenAI said Astra can autonomously handle a wide range of "tedious" computer tasks, including website creation, scientific analysis, game development, cybersecurity and coding.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

The result was the creation of a distinct Gullah/Creole language and culture, which can be found in many children’s games.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

At first blush, the continued existence of the Ark Encounter and its host institution, the Creation Museum is confusing.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

At the same time, Severance Hospital is working on technologies to detect and control early mutant cells through the Korea-US Innovative Result Creation R&D project.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 28, 2026

He’s not a Comic Creation, like Archie or Edith with their malaprops and mispronunciations, or even Gloria, but his importance to the storytelling was certified by two supporting actor Emmys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

I had the same reaction to reading this book as I did 30 years ago when I first read Gordon Wood’s “The Creation of the American Republic.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

"There are only two beings in Creation that I fear," he said.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

More than 100 of his creations made from the 1950s through the 1980s outline his career, from its beginnings in functional pottery to explorations in abstract formalist constructions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

It included the highly-unusual creations from the Branxton Cement Menagerie.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Some creations can take up to four weeks to complete.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Adds Miyashita: "These puzzles beckon our curiosity. After all, spiral forms in nature have inspired human creations ranging from rotini pasta, to a barber's pole or even portrayals of the biblical 'Tower of Babel'."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

In late 2006 Grant decided to investigate these strange Wall Street creations known as CDOs.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Related Words

• establishment
• formation
• formulation
• production