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{
"term": "creation",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the act or process of making something that is new, or of causing something to exist that did not exist before",
"sensetop": "creation of something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**Job creation** needs to be the top priority."
},
{
"text": "a period of economic growth and **wealth creation**"
},
{
"text": "**content creation** software"
},
{
"text": "the creation of an independent state",
"contextForm": "creation of something"
},
{
"text": "The reforms led to the creation of 220 jobs."
},
{
"text": "The committee proposed the creation of a new Chair of Portuguese for the university."
},
{
"text": "He had been with the company since its creation in 1989."
},
{
"text": "The new Act allows for the creation of vocational schools."
},
{
"text": "They joined forces to oppose the creation of wind farms."
},
{
"text": "They recommended the creation of a new government agency to be responsible for the environment."
},
{
"text": "the process of database creation"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["employment", "job", "wealth"],
"verb + creation": ["advocate", "call for", "propose"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a thing that somebody has made, especially something that shows ability or imagination",
"labels": "(often humorous)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a literary creation"
},
{
"text": "The cake was a delicious creation of sponge, cream and fruit."
},
{
"text": "The bright murals in the children’s ward were the creations of the nurses."
},
{
"text": "What an amazing creation *(= a very unusual and new piece of clothing)* you’re wearing!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the making of the world, especially by God as described in the Bible",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Religion and festivals"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the world and all the living things in it",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We need to consider how we care for all creation."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kriˈeɪʃn/",
"audio": "cr/creation/creation__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kriˈeɪʃn/",
"audio": "cr/creation/creation__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin creatio(n-), from the verb creare ‘to produce’."
}