an·i·ma·tion

(ăn′ə-mā′shən)

1. The act, process, or result of imparting life, interest, spirit, motion, or activity.

2. The quality or condition of being alive, active, spirited, or vigorous.

a. 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.

b. Images or special effects created through animation.

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animation

(ˌænɪˈmeɪʃən)

1. liveliness; vivacity

2. the condition of being alive

3. (Film)

a. the techniques used in the production of animated cartoons

b. a variant of animated cartoon

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an•i•ma•tion

(ˌæn əˈmeɪ ʃən)

n.

1. animated quality; liveliness.

2. an act or instance of animating.

3. the state or condition of being animated.

4. the process of preparing animated cartoons.

a. animated cartoon.

b. a motion picture similar to an animated cartoon but using photographs of dolls, robots, etc., instead of drawings.

[1590–1600]

animation

Still paintings, drawings, or puppets filmed to give illusion of movement (cartoons). Walt Disney (1901–66), produced the first full-length feature.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	animation - the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" aliveness, living, life being, beingness, existence - the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" eternal life, life eternal - life without beginning or end skin - a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin" survival, endurance - a state of surviving; remaining alive
	2.	animation - the property of being able to survive and grow; "the vitality of a seed" vitality animateness, liveness, aliveness - the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
	3.	animation - quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous brio, invigoration, spiritedness, vivification chirpiness - cheerful and lively sprightliness, liveliness, spirit, life - animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it" activeness, activity - the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically; "the level of activity declines with age"
	4.	animation - the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something invigoration, vivification activating, energizing, activation - the activity of causing to have energy and be active
	5.	animation - the making of animated cartoons cinematography, filming, motion-picture photography - the act of making a film
	6.	animation - general activity and motion liveliness activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"

animation

noun liveliness, life, action, activity, energy, spirit, passion, enthusiasm, excitement, pep, sparkle, vitality, vigour, zeal, verve, zest, fervour, high spirits, dynamism, buoyancy, elation, exhilaration, welly (slang), gaiety, ardour, vibrancy, brio, zing (informal), vivacity, ebullience, briskness, airiness, sprightliness, pizzazz or pizazz (informal) They both spoke with animation.

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animation

noun

1. A lively, emphatic, eager quality or manner:

bounce, brio, dash, élan, esprit, life, liveliness, pertness, sparkle, spirit, verve, vigor, vim, vivaciousness, vivacity, zip.

Informal: ginger, pep, peppiness.

Slang: oomph.

2. High spirits:

elatedness, elation, euphoria, exaltation, exhilaration, inspiration, lift, uplift.

3. Capacity or power for work or vigorous activity:

energy, force, might, potency, power, puissance, sprightliness, steam, strength.

Informal: get-up-and-go, go, pep, peppiness, zip.

Translations

إحياءحَيَوِيَّه، إنْعاش، تَحْريك

animaceoživení

animationanimering

Animation Lebhaftigkeit

animación

animation souffle

animacija

animáció

fjörgun; fjör; teiknimyndagerî

animazione

アニメアニメーション

animasjon tegnefilmlaging

animacja

анимация мультипликация оживление

animácia

canlandırma

动画片活跃

animation

[ˌænɪˈmeɪʃən] N

1. (= liveliness) → vivacidad f, animación f

2. (Cine) (= process) → animación f; (= film) → película f de animación, dibujos mpl animados

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animation

[ˌænɪˈmeɪʃ^ən] n

(= liveliness) [person] → entrain m; [street] → animation f

[film, cartoon, character, graphics] → animation f
computer animation → animation (assistée) par ordinateur

(= animated film) → animation f

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animation

n → Lebhaftigkeit f; (Film) → Animation f; she loved the animation of Parisian life → sie liebte das Getriebe des Pariser Lebens

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animation

[ˌænɪˈmeɪʃ/ən] n → animazione f

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animate

(ˈӕnimeit) verb

to make lively. Joy animated his face.

(-mət) adjective

living.

ˈanimated (-mei-) adjective

1. lively. An animated discussion.

2. made to move as if alive. animated dolls/cartoons.

ˌaniˈmation noun

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"Is that so?" cried the Moral Sentiment of the Community, with sudden animation. "Which licked?

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The quadroon was following them with little quick steps, having assumed a fictitious animation and alacrity for the occasion.

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"Oh that they would!" cried Marianne, her eyes sparkling with animation, and her cheeks glowing with the delight of such imaginary happiness.

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The evening conversation, when they were all assembled, had lost much of its animation, and almost all its sense by the absence of Jane and Elizabeth.

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We accordingly brought him back to the deck and restored him to animation by rubbing him with brandy and forcing him to swallow a small quantity.

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His features were like his sister's, but while in her case everything was lit up by a joyous, self-satisfied, youthful, and constant smile of animation, and by the wonderful classic beauty of her figure, his face on the contrary was dulled by imbecility and a constant expression of sullen self-confidence, while his body was thin and weak.

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The momentary animation died out of her face again.

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With the partial recovery of his animation came the return of his wonderful delusion on the subject of swimming.

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The old Don then goes on to say, 'There came, among others, two lads paddling their canoe, whose eyes were fixed on the ship; they had beautiful faces and the most promising animation of countenance; and were in all things so becoming, that the pilot-mayor Quiros affirmed, nothing in his life ever caused him so much regret as the leaving such fine creatures to be lost in that country.'* More than two hundred years have gone by since the passage of which the above is a translation was written; and it appears to me now, as I read it, as fresh and true as if written but yesterday.

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We are sometimes a little in want of animation among ourselves: my sisters seem out of spirits, and Tom is certainly not at his ease.

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The perplexed experience gets the apparent clearness, as it gets also the animation, of a long dialogue; only, the disputants never part company, and there is no real conclusion.

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Even Ali, who had hastened to obey the Count's summons, went forth from his master's presence in charmed amazement at the unusual animation and pleasure depicted on features ordinarily so stern and cold; while, as though dreading to put to flight the agreeable ideas hovering over his patron's meditations, whatever they were, the faithful Nubian walked on tiptoe towards the door, holding his breath, lest its faintest sound should dissipate his master's happy reverie.

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