creation

Noun
  1. The human act of creating (synset 100910190)
    is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
    subtypes:
    same as: creative activity
  2. An artifact that has been brought into existence by someone (synset 103133774)
    is a type of: artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole
    subtypes:
    • art, fine art - the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
    • classic - a creation of the highest excellence
    • composition - something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole
    • improvisation - a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation)
    • innovation, invention - a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
    • master, master copy, original - an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
    • needlecraft, needlework - a creation created or assembled by needle and thread
    • product, production - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
    • remake, remaking - creation that is created again or anew
    • representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
    • piece - an artistic or literary composition
  3. The event that occurred at the beginning of something (synset 107343542)
    "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure"
    is a type of: beginning - the event consisting of the start of something
    subtypes: 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
    same as: conception
  4. The act of starting something for the first time;
    Introducing something new (synset 100241051)
    "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"
    is a type of: beginning, commencement, start - the act of starting something
    subtypes: authorship, paternity - the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing
    same as: foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination
  5. (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence (synset 100238736)
    referred to in: divinity, theology - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth
    is an instance of: beginning, commencement, start - the act of starting something
  6. Everything that exists anywhere (synset 109489410)
    "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
    is a type of: natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man
    subtypes:
    • closed universe - (cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang; 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.
    member holonym: extragalactic nebula, galaxy - (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust
    has:
    same as: cosmos, existence, macrocosm, universe, world

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