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},
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"A human being (often as a term of self-abasement)."
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"The whole world, the totality of existence."
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"world",
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"The process of making or creation."
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"(rare) The process of making or creation."
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/krɛːaːˈtiu̯r/"
},
{
"ipa": "/krɛːaˈtiu̯r/"
},
{
"ipa": "/krɛːaˈtuːr/"
},
{
"ipa": "/krɛːˈtiu̯r/",
"note": "reduced second syllable"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkrɛːətiu̯r/",
"note": "reduced second syllable"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkrɛːtur/",
"note": "reduced second syllable"
},
{
"ipa": "/krɛˈaːtiu̯r/",
"note": "accented second syllable"
},
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"ipa": "/ˈkraːtiu̯r/",
"note": "accented second syllable"
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"word": "creatur"
},
{
"word": "creatour"
},
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{
"word": "creater"
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"word": "creture"
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"word": "crature"
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