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Creation Kriˈeɪʃn Content Noun Job Top Priority Period

Word3 creation
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /kriˈeɪʃn/ /kriˈeɪʃn/
Example
  • job creation needs to be the top priority.
  • a period of economic growth and wealth creation
  • content creation software
  • the creation of an independent state
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creation

(noun)/kriˈeɪʃn/ /kriˈeɪʃn/
  1. the act or process of making something that is new, or of causing something to exist that did not exist before
    • SEE ALSO job creation
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/job-creation
    • Job creation needs to be the top priority.
    • a period of economic growth and wealth creation
    • content creation software
    • the creation of an independent state
    • The reforms led to the creation of 220 jobs.
    • The committee proposed the creation of a new Chair of Portuguese for the university.
    • He had been with the company since its creation in 1989.

    Extra Examples

    • The new Act allows for the creation of vocational schools.
    • They joined forces to oppose the creation of wind farms.
    • They recommended the creation of a new government agency to be responsible for the environment.
    • the process of database creation
  2. a thing that somebody has made, especially something that shows ability or imagination
    • a literary creation
    • The cake was a delicious creation of sponge, cream and fruit.
    • The bright murals in the children’s ward were the creations of the nurses.
    • What an amazing creation (= a very unusual and new piece of clothing) you’re wearing!
  3. the making of the world, especially by God as described in the Bible
  4. the world and all the living things in it
    • They believe that God entrusted the care and use of all creation to mankind.

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English: via Old French from Latin creatio(n-), from the verb creare ‘to produce’.
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