Dictionary entry details
• CREATION (noun)
Meaning:
The human act of creating
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
creative activity; creation
Hypernyms ("creation" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "creation"):
creating by removal (the act of creating by removing something)
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
creating by mental acts (the act of creating something by thinking)
production (the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services)
creating from raw materials (the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it)
re-creation (the act of creating again)
erotica; porn; porno; pornography; smut (creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire)
Meaning:
An artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("creation" is a kind of...):
artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "creation"):
piece (an artistic or literary composition)
representation (a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something)
remake; remaking (creation that is created again or anew)
product; production (an artifact that has been created by someone or some process)
needlecraft; needlework (a creation created or assembled by needle and thread)
master; master copy; original (an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made)
innovation; invention (a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation)
improvisation (a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation))
composition (something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole)
classic (a creation of the highest excellence)
art; fine art (the products of human creativity; works of art collectively)
Meaning:
The event that occurred at the beginning of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
conception; creation
Context example:
from its creation the plan was doomed to failure
Hypernyms ("creation" is a kind of...):
beginning (the event consisting of the start of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "creation"):
fecundation; fertilisation; fertilization; impregnation (creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant)
Meaning:
The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
instauration; founding; origination; initiation; innovation; institution; creation; foundation; introduction
Context examples:
she looked forward to her initiation as an adult / the foundation of a new scientific society / he regards the fork as a modern introduction
Hypernyms ("creation" is a kind of...):
beginning; commencement; start (the act of starting something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "creation"):
authorship; paternity (the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing)
Meaning:
(theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
beginning; commencement; start (the act of starting something)
Domain category:
divinity; theology (the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth)
Meaning:
Everything that exists anywhere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
universe; macrocosm; world; cosmos; existence; creation
Context examples:
they study the evolution of the universe / the biggest tree in existence
Hypernyms ("creation" is a kind of...):
natural object (an object occurring naturally; not made by man)
Meronyms (parts of "creation"):
celestial body; heavenly body (natural objects visible in the sky)
estraterrestrial body; extraterrestrial object (a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere)
Meronyms (members of "creation"):
extragalactic nebula; galaxy ((astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "creation"):
closed universe ((cosmology) a universe in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang and to cause the universe to collapse again; the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matter)
natural order (the physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) laws)
nature (the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.)
