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creation
noun cre·a·tion \krē-ˈā-shən\
: the act of making or producing something that did not exist before : the act of creating something
: something new that is made or produced : something that has been created
: everything in the world
Full Definition of CREATION
1
: the act of creating; especially : the act of bringing the world into ordered existence
2
: the act of making, inventing, or producing: as a : the act of investing with a new rank or office b : the first representation of a dramatic role
3
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First Known Use of CREATION
14th century
Related to CREATION
- Synonyms
- brainchild, coinage, concoction, contrivance, invention, innovation, wrinkle
Rhymes with CREATION
aeration, Alsatian, carnation, castration, causation, cessation, cetacean, citation, Claymation, cognation, collation, conflation, C ration, cremation, crenation, Croatian, crustacean, dalmatian, damnation, deflation, delation, dictation, dilation, donation, earth station, elation, Eurasian, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, formation, foundation, frustration, gas station, gestation, gradation, gustation, guttation, gyration, hydration, inflation, lactation, legation, libation, location, lunation, lustration, luxation, migration, mutation, narration, negation, notation, oblation, oration, outstation, ovation, palmation, palpation, plantation, potation, predation, privation, probation, pronation, proration, prostration, pulsation, punctation, pupation, purgation, relation, rogation, rotation, salvation, sedation, sensation, serration, space station, stagflation, stagnation, starvation, striation, substation, summation, tarnation, taxation, temptation, translation, truncation, vacation, vexation, vibration, vocation, way station, workstation
CREATION Defined for Kids
creation
noun cre·a·tion \krē-ˈā-shən\
Definition of CREATION for Kids
1
: the act of bringing the world into existence out of nothing
2
: the act of making, inventing, or producing something <the creation of a poem>
3
: something produced by human intelligence or imagination <The artist showed me her creations.>
4
: a wide range of places <The puppy ran all over creation.>
5
: a living thing or living things <There was peace among all creation.>
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