CREATION

Creation

(noun) (theology) God’s act of bringing the universe into existence

initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration

(noun) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; “she looked forward to her initiation as an adult”; “the foundation of a new scientific society”

creation, creative activity

(noun) the human act of creating

creation

(noun) an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone

creation, conception

(noun) the event that occurred at the beginning of something; “from its creation the plan was doomed to failure”

universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm

(noun) everything that exists anywhere; “they study the evolution of the universe”; “the biggest tree in existence”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

creation (countable and uncountable, plural creations)

(countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.

(uncountable) The act of creating something.

(uncountable) All which exists.

Anagrams

• actioner, actorine, anticore, reaction, reäction

Source: Wiktionary


Cre*a"tion (kr-A"shn), n. Etym: [L. creatio: cf. F. cr. See Create.]

1. The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence. From the creation to the general doom. Shak. As when a new particle of matter dotn begin to exist, in rerum natura, which had before no being; and this we call creation. Locke.

2. That which is created; that which is produced or caused to exist, as the world or some original work of art or of the imagination; nature. We know that the whole creation groaneth. Rom. viii. 22. A dagger of the mind, a false creation. Shak. Choice pictures and creations of curious art. Beaconsfield.

3. The act of constituting or investing with a new character; appointment; formation. An Irish peer of recent creation. Landor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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