say it: kree-AY-shuhn
creation is a noun meaning "the human act of creating". It carries 6 recorded senses.
the human act of creating
an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
the event that occurred at the beginning of something
“from its creation the plan was doomed to failure”
the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
“she looked forward to her initiation as an adult”
“the foundation of a new scientific society”
everything that exists anywhere
“they study the evolution of the universe”
“the biggest tree in existence”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for creation come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.