creature
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈkriːtʃər/
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ser vivo
- We may feel sorry for such creatures and want to help them.
- living creatures
- other creatures
- human creatures
So this is what Anselm thinks the rational creature ought to have.
- So this is what Anselm thinks the rational creature ought to have.
- And because we're complex creatures, we have these complex brains.
- Yes, yes, we are creatures of neuronal habit.
- Just an amazing, amazing creature that just made me feel safe.
- And and there are these weird creatures that are incredibly dangerous.
- And australopithecines are the creatures from whom we evolved.
- No pain, no death is more terrible to a wild creature than its fear of man.
- A human baby is the most dependent creature in existence.
- It's hard to believe that this tiny creature could hold the.
Examples
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As a child, I always dreamed of meeting a magical creature from my favorite stories.
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Dogs, fascinating creatures, aren't they?
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What was the first living creature to be sent into space?
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Just an amazing, amazing creature that just made me feel safe.
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A monkey was the first living creature sent into space.
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If you know where to look, you can find strange creatures beyond your imagination.
Academic text (1999) -
The kingdom has been menaced by this creature for too long.
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The loon is a wonderful creature.
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Well, we're all God's creatures, we're all deserving of his grace.
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Alongside them throughout the ages was another fascinating creature, the horseshoe crab.
Synonyms
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1.0
A living creature that eats plants or other animals and can move
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3.2
A living creature that can act or think on its own
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3.5
A living thing like an animal or plant made of cells
127
2.8
A plant, an animal, or a tiny organism
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1.0
A plant, animal, or small creature that grows and needs food and water
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3.7
A living thing like an animal, plant, or tiny creature
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9.9
A person mentioned in old stories or poems
A living creature like a bird or mammal
Compounds
- Informal
7
3.9
Small things that make life comfortable, like a warm bed or hot water
- Literature
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7.0
A made-up animal or being from old stories that people often say is real
- Informal
An organization that the law makes, like a corporation or government agency
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Creature comes from the Latin word creare meaning 'to create' and shares the same root as the English verb create, and it originally meant a 'created thing', so a creature is any living being that has been made, like animals or people.