creature

CEFRB1

/ˈkɹiː.tʃə/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Any living animal or person.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A human.

Examples

  • I don't know what kind of creature is making such a terrible noise outside tonight.

  • If it were not for water, no creature could live.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • [ˈkʰɹʷɪi̯.tʃɚ] ~ [ˈkʰɹʷɪi̯.tʃɹ̩]
  • /kɹiːˈeɪ.tjʊə(ɹ)/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being.

  2. A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.

  3. A being subservient to or dependent upon another.

More examples

In context

  • He's a creature of habit.

  • insects and other creatures

  • Urologists often want live sea horses for study of kidney disorders, for the sea horse is one of the few marine creatures with functioning kidneys.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English creature in the original sense of “a created thing”, borrowed via Old French creature, criature, from Latin creātūra, from creō. By surface analysis, create + -ure. Displaced native Old English ġesċeaft. Doublet of craythur and critter.