{
    "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’."
}