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verb
- 1. bring to life: "the desert is like a line drawing waiting to be animated with color"
- 2. give (a movie or character) the appearance of movement using animation techniques: "much-loved characters have been animated in this Franco-Canadian co-production"
adjective
- 1. alive or having life: "all of creation, animate and inanimate"
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To animate is to make lively or give spirit to. Someone can animate a dull situation by bringing some energy to it, such as with humor, music, or anything that is associated with movement or emotion. To animate also means to give motion to, the way a cartoonist or animator does with drawings.
At its most basic, animate means simply alive, while inanimate means not living, not moving around. But animate also means spirited, or brought to life.
Learn the meaning and usage of the word animate as an adjective and a verb, with synonyms and examples. Find out how to pronounce animate and its related words, and explore its origin and grammar.
to make someone seem more happy or active: A sparkle in his eyes animated his face whenever he smiled. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of animate from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) animate | Intermediate English. verb [ T ] us / ˈæn·əˌmeɪt /
to move or stir to action; motivate: He was animated by religious zeal. to give motion to: leaves animated by a breeze. to render or produce (a story, character, movie, etc.) by using animation: to animate a children's story; to animate the characters in a video game; an animated film.
