- [uncountable] the act or process of making something that is new, or of causing something to exist that did not exist before
- Job creation needs to be the top priority.
- a period of economic growth and wealth creation
- content creation software
- creation of something 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- employment
- job
- wealth
- …
- advocate
- call for
- propose
- …
- [countable] (often humorous) 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!
- (usually the Creation)[singular] the making of the world, especially by God as described in the BibleTopics Religion and festivalsc1
- (often Creation)[uncountable] the world and all the living things in it
- We need to consider how we care for all creation.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin creatio(n-), from the verb creare ‘to produce’.
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