| Creation | (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence |
initiation founding
foundation
institution
origination
creation innovation
introduction instauration | 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 |
| date rape | rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together) |
creation
creative activity | the human act of creating |
| verbal creation | creating something by the use of speech and language |
art
artistic creation
artistic production | the creation of beautiful or significant things, art does not need to be innovative to be good, I was never any good at art, he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully |
| creation | an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone |
steady state theory
continuous creation theory | (cosmology) the theory that the universe maintains a constant average density with matter created to fill the void left by galaxies that are receding from each other, the steady state theory has been abandoned in favor of the big bang theory |
| creation science | an effort to give scientific support for the truth of the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis |
creation
conception | the event that occurred at the beginning of something, from its creation the plan was doomed to failure |
| date bar | fruit bar containing chopped dates |
| date bread | bread containing chopped dates |
| date-nut bread | bread containing chopped dates and nuts |
| date | sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed |
jujube Chinese date
Chinese jujube | dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees |
date
appointment
engagement | a meeting arranged in advance, she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date |
| blind date | a date with a stranger, she never goes on blind dates |
| double date | a date in which two couples participate |
dateline
date line
International Date Line | an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the th meridian |
universe
existence
creation
world cosmos
macrocosm | everything that exists anywhere, they study the evolution of the universe, the biggest tree in existence |
| blind date | a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them) |
date
escort | a participant in a date, his date never stopped talking |
date palm
Phoenix dactylifera | tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit |
date plum
Diospyros lotus | an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes |
pair production
pair creation
pair formation | the transformation of a gammaay photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus |
| date | the present, they are up to date, we haven't heard from them to date |
maturity maturity date
due date | the date on which an obligation must be repaid |
date
day of the month | the specified day of the month, what is the date today? |
| date | a particular day specified as the time something happens, the date of the election is set by law |
| future date | a particular day in the future that is specified as the time something will happen |
| rain date | an alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date, the rain date for the picnic will be the following Sunday |
| sell-by date | a date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be sold |
| date | the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred, he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class |
| date particular date | a particular but unspecified point in time, they hoped to get together at an early date |
| epoch date of reference | (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded |
| date | assign a date to, determine the (probable) date of, Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings |
| date | provide with a dateline, mark with a date, She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated |
dateline
datemark
date-mark | mark with a date and place, dateline a newspaper article |
| date date stamp | stamp with a date, The package is dated November |
| date | go on a date with, Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart |
| double-date | go out on a date with a partner and another couple, let's double date this Saturday |
go steady
go out
date see | date regularly, have a steady relationship with, Did you know that she is seeing an older man?, He is dating his former wife again! |
go back
date back
date from | belong to an earlier time, This story dates backyears |
| up-to-date | reflecting the latest information or changes, an up-to-date issue of the magazine |
outdated
out-of-date
superannuated | old, no longer valid or fashionable, obsolete words, an obsolete locomotive, outdated equipment, superannuated laws, out-of-date ideas |
up-to-date
cutting-edge
with-it | in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style, wears only the latest style, the last thing in swimwear, cutting-edge technology, a with-it boutique |
| up to now to date | prior to the present time, no suspect has been found to date |