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   Cre·a·tion

   /krēˈāSHən/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action or process of bringing something into existence: "the creation of a coalition government" Similar designformationformingmodelingputting togethersetting upmakingconstructionconstructingfabricationfabricatingfashioningbuildingerectionerectingproductiongenerationoriginationdevisinginventioninitiationinceptionshapinghatchingconceptionbringing into the worldbringing into beingbringing into existencefatheringsiringspawninggiving birth togenesisprocreationbirthinginformal:droppingliterary:begettingOpposite destruction
   • ▪ a thing which has been made or invented, especially something showing artistic talent: "she treats fictional creations as if they were real people" Similar workwork of artachievementproductionopusoeuvreinventionhandiworkmasterpiecemasterworkmagnum opuschef-d'œuvrepièce de résistancetour de forceinformal:brainchildrare:opusculedesigndressoutfitinformal:number
   • 2. the bringing into of existence of the universe, especially when regarded as an act of God: "the big bang was the moment of the Creation, and therefore the work of God"
   • ▪ everything so created; the universe: "our alienation from the rest of Creation" Similar the worldthe universethe cosmosthe living worldthe natural worldnaturelifeliving things
   • 3. the action or process of investing someone with a new rank or title: "Edward's generosity extended beyond the creation of earls" Similar appointmentinstallationinvestinginvestitureinaugurationestablishmentfoundationinstitutionOpposite removal

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin creatio(n-), from the verb creare (see create).

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