Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.

    Belebung, Vitalisierung

    оживле́ниеoživlénije, одушевле́ниеoduševlénije

  2. (countable, uncountable)A sequence of still drawings or inanimate objects displayed in rapid succession to create the illusion of movement in motion pictures or computer graphics; the object (film, computer game, etc.) produced

  3. (countable, uncountable)The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness

    He recited the story with great animation.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The condition of being animate (alive or supernaturally seeming alive).

    the condition of living or the state of being alive

  5. (countable, uncountable)Conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category

  6. (countable, uncountable)Activities offered by a holiday resort encompassing activities that include movement, joy, leisure and spectacle, such as games, sports, shows, events, etc.

Examples

16 sentences
  1. He told of his adventures with animation.

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  2. Computer graphics have changed the world of animation.

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  3. Ziri did an internship at an animation studio.

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  4. He creates stop-motion animation in his studio.

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  5. The late nineties' anime animation style is the best.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
causing images to appear to move:
Русский
By meaning 2
causing images to appear to move:
the act of animating:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
causing images to appear to move:
the act of animating:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin animatiō, from animō, equivalent to animate + -ion.

Learned borrowing from Latin animatiō, from animō, equivalent to animate + -ion.

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Forms

plural: animations
Singularanimation
Pluralanimations

regular

Synonyms

23 synonyms
the condition of being alive:lifeA1
the act of breathing life into something:vitalizationvivificationenlivenment
Close in meaning

Word family

47 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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