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Meaning of animation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən

Definitions

  1. The act of animating, or giving life or spirit
  2. The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.
    countable, uncountable
  3. Still paintings, drawings, or puppets filmed to give illusion of movement (cartoons). Walt Disney (1901–66), produced the first full-length feature.
  4. 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
  5. to make lively. Joy animated his face. trek يُحْيي، يَجْعَلَه مَرِحاً، يُنْعِش съживявам animar oživit beleben sætte liv i; oplive; opmuntre ζωντανεύωanimar hingestama جان بخشیدن؛ سرزنده کردن elävöittää animer לְהַחֲיוֹת अनुप्राणित करना, चालित करना oživjeti (meg)elevenít menghidupkan lífga, fjörga animare, ravvivare ~に活気をつける ...에게 생명을 주다 nušviesti atdzīvināt menghidupkan verlevendigengi liv til, gjøre levendeożywiać ځان بخښل، سرژوندی کول animar a anima оживлять oživiť razgibati živnuti liva u...
  6. The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness
  7. The condition of being animate or alive.
    countable, uncountable
  8. living. lewendig حَي жив animado živý lebend levende ζωντανόςanimado, vivo elus جاندار elävä vivantחי जोशपूर्ण živ eleven, élettel teli hidup lifandi animato, vivace 生命のある 살아 있는 gyvas dzīvs hidupkan levendlevendeożywiony, żywy ځان لرونکی animado animat живой živý živ, živahen živahan levande ซึ่งมีชีวิต canlı, hayat dolu 有生命的 живий زندہ ، تازہ دم sinh động 有生命的
  9. The condition of being animate or alive
  10. animasie حَيَوِيَّه، إنْعاش، تَحْريك оживление animação oživení, animace die Lebhaftigkeit; die Animation animering; animation σχεδιασμός κινουμένων σχεδίων animación animafilm سرزندگی؛ اشتیاق animaatio animationזריזות, הכנת סרט הנפשה जीवन्तता, चंचलता animacija élénkség; animáció animasi fjörgun; fjör; teiknimyndagerð animazione 活気, アニメーション 활기 pagyvėjimas, animacija dzīvība; animācija animasi levendigheid, animatieanimasjon, tegnefilmlaginganimacja علاقه، سرزندګی animação animaţie оживление ž...
  11. conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category
  12. Activities offered by a holiday resort encompassing activities that include movement, joy, leisure and spectacle, such as games, sports, shows, events, etc.
    countable, uncountable
  13. The act, process, or result of imparting life, interest, spirit, motion, or activity.
  14. The quality or condition of being alive, active, spirited, or vigorous.
  15. The art or process of making movies with drawings, computer graphics, or photographs of static objects, including all techniques other than the continuous filming of live-action images.
  16. liveliness; vivacity
  17. the condition of being alive
  18. (Film) a. the techniques used in the production of animated cartoons

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] by the animation of the same soul quickening that whole frame.”
“He recited the story with great animation.”
“Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation.”
“"The constraints are not so hard and fast that exceptional sentences do not occur. In particular animation and disanimation can temporarily suspend the system."”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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