creation

«creation» in Mova's school dictionary: the act of making something new — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (creation, a creation, creations; Creation)

meaning for a pupil

1) Creation is the act of making something new. tree →

2) A creation is a thing someone has made, like a painting, a cake or a story. tree →

3) (Bible, religion) Creation, or the Creation, is the making of the world by God, told in Genesis; it can also mean the whole world and everything in it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In art lessons a pupil's model is "your creation". In RE the creation story tells of six days of making and one of rest; in science, pupils learn the Big Bang and evolution as how the universe and life developed, and many believers say science and faith answer different questions. Phrases: the creation of, a new creation, all creation, the story of creation, care for creation.

examples

• The chef showed off her latest creation: a rainbow cake. tree →
• The creation of the school garden took all term. tree →
• In Genesis, creation takes six days. tree →
• My Lego creation was a castle with a moat. tree →
• Christians believe people should care for God's creation. tree →
• The creation of the national park protected the forest. tree →

note

Countable for things made ("two creations"), uncountable for the act. Verb create; adjective creative; person creator. Capital C sometimes for the world as God's work.

In the corpora

• People are made last, so many Christians see them as the high point of creation, made to care for the rest.
• Christians believe the earth is God's creation and that people are its stewards, called to look after it.
• The Bible says little about animals in heaven; some Christians hope God will make all creation new.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «creation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.