animate

Pronunciation

adjective

• enPR: ăn'ĭmət or ăn'əmət, IPA ^(key): /ˈæ.nɪ.mət/ or /ˈæ.nə.mət/

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verb

• enPR: ăn'ĭmāt or ăn'əmāt IPA ^(key): /ˈæ.nɪ.meɪt/ or /ˈæ.nə.meɪt/

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Adjective

Positive animate

Comparative more animate

Superlative most animate

1. If something is animate, it is alive, unlike sand or water.

Verb

Plain form animate

Third-person singular animates

Past tense animated

Past participle animated

Present participle animating

1. (transitive) If you make something animated, you make it move.

   If we animate the model, we can see the complexity of the action.

Related words

• animation