English Explanatory Dictionary

creation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something created such as an invention or artwork.
  2. The act of creating something.
  3. All which exists.

Pronunciation

/kɹiˈeɪʃən/ en-us-creation.ogg

Word forms

creation creations

Etymology

From Middle English creacion, creacioun, creation, from Old French creacion (French création), from Latin creātiō, creātiōnis; equivalent to create + -ion. Displaced native Old English ġesċeaft.

Related words

creatability creatable creatableness create creationally creationarily creationistic creationistically creative creatively creativeness creativity creator creatorship creatress creatrix creatural creaturally creature creature comforts creatureliness creaturely

Derived words

autocreation cocreation co-creation collaborative creation creational creationary creationism creationist creationless creation myth creation science creation scientist creation story decreation iration loan creation miscreation noncreation recreation re-creation special creation subcreation transcreation uncreation
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