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单词 creation
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Definition of creation in English:

creation

noun kriːˈeɪʃ(ə)nkriˈeɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • 1The action or process of bringing something into existence.

    creation of a coalition government
    job creation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was the development of farms that led to creation of the world's first great civilisations.
    • OK, I'm getting the hang of site creation but I knew it was going to be trickier than I thought.
    • The creation process uses Bioglass, a material that mimics that structure of bone.
    • It is this industrial revolution that is the defining process in the creation of modernity as we know it.
    • Should the Scottish parliament approve its creation, the new authority will be run like a private company.
    • Yet it is exactly the films that attempt to show the painstaking process of canvas creation that are the most successful.
    • In a time of relative prosperity, the emphasis is no longer on wealth creation but on how we use that wealth.
    • I think wealth creation is undoubtedly something that we need to do in society.
    • He helped nurture the Java Desktop System from concept to creation and even managed to close a few sales.
    • It brings forth the serene power of creation and sustenance through the ages.
    • His process of musical creation is of deep significance to human imagination and will.
    • My concern is that the issue of enterprise creation is continually sidelined.
    • Most products bought by private consumers represent the culmination of a long process of value creation.
    • One of the most vital elements to consider with business creation was, he argued, the pursuit of excellence.
    • Turkey still bans strikes, five years after the creation of its export processing zone.
    • Their creation involves processes that date from the time of the horse-and-cart.
    • The refurbishment of the toilets under the Town Hall and creation of disabled access would of course be necessary.
    • He said the possible creation of 470 jobs helped to balance the news that other firms were having to let workers go.
    • Bloggers are not some new creation, but the newest set of the barbarians at the gates.
    • U.S. troops were pivotal in the defeat of Hitler and creation of a democratic German state.
    Synonyms
    design, formation, forming, modelling, putting together, setting up, making, construction, constructing, fabrication, fabricating, fashioning, building, erection, erecting
    production, generation, origination, devising, invention, initiation, inception, shaping, hatching
    conception, bringing into the world, bringing into being, bringing into existence, fathering, siring, spawning, giving birth to
    genesis, procreation
    North American birthing
    informal dropping
    literary begetting
    1. 1.1count noun A thing which has been made or invented, especially something showing artistic talent.
      she treats fictional creations as if they were real people
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They were exhibiting creations at the Manchester College of Arts and Technology Final Year Show.
      • The scale is tipping too far in favour of me making money off old creations rather than me creating new ones.
      • His thoughts and creations even in music have helped me all through my life.
      • Surely the designer would have put in a catch to make sure that none of his creations began to start thinking about this.
      • While a few turn their heads from his creations, most others are left in awe.
      • Is it one of those fancy worktop corkscrews that look like the vice you used to wedge your woodwork creations into at high school?
      • No other chef has ever come close to the scale, complexity and inventiveness of his creations.
      • It needs no special skills, and Origami creations can even be sold as decorations.
      • Peter is an artist himself and has some of his own very interesting creations on sale in the shop.
      • He found a job in 48 hours by showing up for an interview outfitted in one of his creations.
      • Even if these people are the fictional creations of a playwright, you feel that you know them at the end of a good play.
      • The tunes are creations of spellbinding joy and the lyrics poetic enough to turn men with steel hearts to jelly.
      • His creations for both men and women are characterised by contrasting patterns and fabrics lying together.
      • The supply of raw material for these creations is virtually infinite.
      • As well as raising money and sponsorship for the event, she teaches workshops and makes her own creations.
      • As long as there are weddings there will always be a market for extravagant and lavish creations.
      • She does not see the CDs as junk, rather as raw material for her artistic creations.
      • All the hairstyles presented were original creations for women in the new year.
      • Children who take along their own flowers will be shown how to turn them into artistic creations.
      • Both ballets were made last year, both are up-to-the minute creations with a strong sense of mood and place.
      Synonyms
      work, work of art, achievement, production, opus, oeuvre, invention, handiwork, masterpiece, masterwork
      Latin magnum opus
      French chef-d'œuvre, pièce de résistance, tour de force
      informal brainchild
      rare opuscule
      design, dress, outfit
      informal number
  • 2The creating 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
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He came to deny the accounts of Creation, Noah's Flood, and the supernatural origin of the Ten Commandments.
    • Genesis provides a unified description of Creation; the Koran does not.
    • I believe this to be true and I believe Creation is the best model.
    • There is so much good evidence for Creation that there is no need to use any of the ‘doubtful’ arguments.
    • In my mind there could not have been any other way to interpret the Creation account other than as a literal six-day Creation.
    • None of them give a date for Creation of more than 9,000 years ago.
    • Even the most renowned evolutionists had to accept this fact and confess that this provides an evidence for Creation.
    • He became convinced that God willed Creation for the benefit of man.
    • There are accounts of Creation in lots of mythic literature from all over the world, and have various things in common.
    • It is a Hindu doctrine Movement, to teach the Universal Law of Creation, revealed by ancient Christian mysteries.
    • When preaching to pagans, they first preached Creation, and then the life and work of Christ.
    • You have this burning question: ‘Is Creation or Evolution relevant to gospel preaching?’
    • I now want to look at the most important aspect of Creation; Who is the Creator?
    • The lecturers were theistic evolutionists and the possibility of Creation in six days was not presented as a serious option.
    • Set up to follow the order of the books of the Bible, these photos and texts run from Creation to Revelation!
    • To add to my difficulties he began to swallow the theory of evolution, and I held firmly to the Biblical revelation of Creation.
    • Instead, the Sabbath is the seventh and final act of creation, the culmination of Creation - the point of it all.
    • A small group of lecturers and researchers heard why I believe in Creation.
    • We forge new media today as we have always done as part of the unfolding of God's Creation.
    • They explain the nature of the universe, of life, while admitting that Creation itself is the one unknowable mystery.
    1. 2.1mass noun Everything created; the universe.
      our alienation from the rest of Creation
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Paul establishes the fact that from nature one can know that creation has a creator.
      • We need to be teaching love towards Creation, to love creation, not only love one another.
      • It is a good reminder that the Divine presence exists in all of creation, not just in man.
      • If this is what can happen in the world of fiction, imagine how much more we can do in the real world when we are united with Jesus, the Lord of all Creation!
      • He marvels at the incredible design in our bodies and testifies to the hand of our Creator evident in Creation.
      • It's just one of the many beautiful things about God's creation, and I say that we should enjoy it while it lasts.
      • All Creation is sustained and maintained by Hashem's truth.
      • In the present age, the whole creation awaits liberation from bondage.
      • However, if sentient aliens are part of His Creation, then mankind cannot be the focal point of His created universe.
      • The third relationship broken by sin in the Garden of Eden was the relationship of Creation with humankind.
      • Perhaps we face a new kind of religious syncretism that combines digital fever with the worship of Creation.
      • Man is to be focussed on haShem and His Torah believing that His Ways effect what is Good for all His Creation.
      Synonyms
      the world, the universe, the cosmos
      the living world, the natural world, nature, life, living things
  • 3The action of investing someone with a title of nobility.

    Edward's generosity extended beyond the creation of earls
    Synonyms
    appointment, installation, investing, investiture, inauguration
    establishment, foundation, institution

Origin

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

Rhymes

ablation, aeration, agnation, Alsatian, Amerasian, Asian, aviation, cetacean, citation, conation, Croatian, counterdemonstration, counterproliferation, crustacean, curation, Dalmatian, delation, dilation, donation, duration, elation, fixation, Galatian, geolocation, glocalization, gyration, Haitian, halation, Horatian, ideation, illation, lavation, legation, libation, location, lunation, mutation, natation, nation, negation, notation, nutation, oblation, oration, ovation, potation, relation, rogation, rotation, Sarmatian, sedation, Serbo-Croatian, station, staycation, taxation, Thracian, vacation, vexation, vocation, zonation
 
 

Definition of creation in US English:

creation

nounkrēˈāSH(ə)nkriˈeɪʃ(ə)n
  • 1The action or process of bringing something into existence.

    the creation of a coalition government
    job creation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One of the most vital elements to consider with business creation was, he argued, the pursuit of excellence.
    • The refurbishment of the toilets under the Town Hall and creation of disabled access would of course be necessary.
    • The creation process uses Bioglass, a material that mimics that structure of bone.
    • I think wealth creation is undoubtedly something that we need to do in society.
    • It is this industrial revolution that is the defining process in the creation of modernity as we know it.
    • His process of musical creation is of deep significance to human imagination and will.
    • Their creation involves processes that date from the time of the horse-and-cart.
    • In a time of relative prosperity, the emphasis is no longer on wealth creation but on how we use that wealth.
    • Yet it is exactly the films that attempt to show the painstaking process of canvas creation that are the most successful.
    • My concern is that the issue of enterprise creation is continually sidelined.
    • It brings forth the serene power of creation and sustenance through the ages.
    • Should the Scottish parliament approve its creation, the new authority will be run like a private company.
    • Most products bought by private consumers represent the culmination of a long process of value creation.
    • He helped nurture the Java Desktop System from concept to creation and even managed to close a few sales.
    • OK, I'm getting the hang of site creation but I knew it was going to be trickier than I thought.
    • Bloggers are not some new creation, but the newest set of the barbarians at the gates.
    • It was the development of farms that led to creation of the world's first great civilisations.
    • Turkey still bans strikes, five years after the creation of its export processing zone.
    • U.S. troops were pivotal in the defeat of Hitler and creation of a democratic German state.
    • He said the possible creation of 470 jobs helped to balance the news that other firms were having to let workers go.
    Synonyms
    design, formation, forming, modelling, putting together, setting up, making, construction, constructing, fabrication, fabricating, fashioning, building, erection, erecting
    conception, bringing into the world, bringing into being, bringing into existence, fathering, siring, spawning, giving birth to
    1. 1.1 A thing which has been made or invented, especially something showing artistic talent.
      she treats fictional creations as if they were real people
      Example sentencesExamples
      • All the hairstyles presented were original creations for women in the new year.
      • His thoughts and creations even in music have helped me all through my life.
      • Surely the designer would have put in a catch to make sure that none of his creations began to start thinking about this.
      • It needs no special skills, and Origami creations can even be sold as decorations.
      • No other chef has ever come close to the scale, complexity and inventiveness of his creations.
      • As long as there are weddings there will always be a market for extravagant and lavish creations.
      • They were exhibiting creations at the Manchester College of Arts and Technology Final Year Show.
      • Both ballets were made last year, both are up-to-the minute creations with a strong sense of mood and place.
      • She does not see the CDs as junk, rather as raw material for her artistic creations.
      • Peter is an artist himself and has some of his own very interesting creations on sale in the shop.
      • He found a job in 48 hours by showing up for an interview outfitted in one of his creations.
      • As well as raising money and sponsorship for the event, she teaches workshops and makes her own creations.
      • His creations for both men and women are characterised by contrasting patterns and fabrics lying together.
      • Is it one of those fancy worktop corkscrews that look like the vice you used to wedge your woodwork creations into at high school?
      • While a few turn their heads from his creations, most others are left in awe.
      • Even if these people are the fictional creations of a playwright, you feel that you know them at the end of a good play.
      • Children who take along their own flowers will be shown how to turn them into artistic creations.
      • The tunes are creations of spellbinding joy and the lyrics poetic enough to turn men with steel hearts to jelly.
      • The supply of raw material for these creations is virtually infinite.
      • The scale is tipping too far in favour of me making money off old creations rather than me creating new ones.
      Synonyms
      work, work of art, achievement, production, opus, oeuvre, invention, handiwork, masterpiece, masterwork
      design, dress, outfit
  • 2the CreationThe bringing into of existence of the universe, especially when regarded as an act of God.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • None of them give a date for Creation of more than 9,000 years ago.
    • Set up to follow the order of the books of the Bible, these photos and texts run from Creation to Revelation!
    • A small group of lecturers and researchers heard why I believe in Creation.
    • In my mind there could not have been any other way to interpret the Creation account other than as a literal six-day Creation.
    • I believe this to be true and I believe Creation is the best model.
    • I now want to look at the most important aspect of Creation; Who is the Creator?
    • He came to deny the accounts of Creation, Noah's Flood, and the supernatural origin of the Ten Commandments.
    • The lecturers were theistic evolutionists and the possibility of Creation in six days was not presented as a serious option.
    • Genesis provides a unified description of Creation; the Koran does not.
    • We forge new media today as we have always done as part of the unfolding of God's Creation.
    • They explain the nature of the universe, of life, while admitting that Creation itself is the one unknowable mystery.
    • There are accounts of Creation in lots of mythic literature from all over the world, and have various things in common.
    • You have this burning question: ‘Is Creation or Evolution relevant to gospel preaching?’
    • Even the most renowned evolutionists had to accept this fact and confess that this provides an evidence for Creation.
    • There is so much good evidence for Creation that there is no need to use any of the ‘doubtful’ arguments.
    • When preaching to pagans, they first preached Creation, and then the life and work of Christ.
    • He became convinced that God willed Creation for the benefit of man.
    • It is a Hindu doctrine Movement, to teach the Universal Law of Creation, revealed by ancient Christian mysteries.
    • Instead, the Sabbath is the seventh and final act of creation, the culmination of Creation - the point of it all.
    • To add to my difficulties he began to swallow the theory of evolution, and I held firmly to the Biblical revelation of Creation.
    1. 2.1 Everything so created; the universe.
      our alienation from the rest of Creation
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The third relationship broken by sin in the Garden of Eden was the relationship of Creation with humankind.
      • It is a good reminder that the Divine presence exists in all of creation, not just in man.
      • However, if sentient aliens are part of His Creation, then mankind cannot be the focal point of His created universe.
      • He marvels at the incredible design in our bodies and testifies to the hand of our Creator evident in Creation.
      • Perhaps we face a new kind of religious syncretism that combines digital fever with the worship of Creation.
      • Paul establishes the fact that from nature one can know that creation has a creator.
      • All Creation is sustained and maintained by Hashem's truth.
      • Man is to be focussed on haShem and His Torah believing that His Ways effect what is Good for all His Creation.
      • In the present age, the whole creation awaits liberation from bondage.
      • It's just one of the many beautiful things about God's creation, and I say that we should enjoy it while it lasts.
      • If this is what can happen in the world of fiction, imagine how much more we can do in the real world when we are united with Jesus, the Lord of all Creation!
      • We need to be teaching love towards Creation, to love creation, not only love one another.
      Synonyms
      the world, the universe, the cosmos
  • 3The action or process of investing someone with a new rank or title.

    Synonyms
    appointment, installation, investing, investiture, inauguration

Origin

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

 
 
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