English > creating by mental acts: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | The act of creating something by thinking. |
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| Narrower | composing, composition | musical creation / creation |
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| conceptualization, conceptualisation, formulation | inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally |
| design, designing | The act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan) |
| formation | creation by mental activity |
| invention | The act of inventing |
| programming, programing, computer programming, computer programing | creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something |
| realization, realisation, actualization, actualisation | making real or giving the appearance of reality |
| verbal creation | creating something by the use of speech and language |
| Broader | creation, creative activity | The human act of creating |
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