creation
noun
Simple meaning
Something that has been made, or the act of bringing it into existence.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
kɹiˈeɪʃən
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The human act of creating
The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
countable
Something created such as an invention or artwork.
uncountable
All which exists.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The human act of creating
Used this way, creation is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use creation
- “From its creation the plan was doomed to failure.”noun
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Word family
Words built from the same root.
The literal belief in the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
An effort to give scientific support for the truth of the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis.
The act of creating again.
The creation of beautiful or significant things.
Creating something by the use of speech and language.
The theory that the universe maintains a constant average density with matter created to fill the void left by galaxies that are receding from each other.
The transformation of a gamma-ray photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus.
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