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animate1 adjectiveanimate2 verb animatean‧i‧mate1 /ˈænəmət/ adjective formal   animate1Origin: 1300-1400 Latin past participle of animare ‘to give life to’, from anima; ➔ ANIMAL1 - At this age, children are still unable to distinguish between animate and inanimate objects.
- An hour later he was in Chesney, having seen no animate thing but two bumble bees and a rook.
- For most philosophers of classical antiquity the world was both animate and divine.
- For, instance, inanimate objects are typically easier to identify than animate objects.
- That the environment is not animate enough to want to communicate with us is irrelevant.
- The whole Universe animate and inanimate, past, present and future is within me.
- They were animate, versatile, and extremely fast.
not dead► alive not dead: still alive: · Are all your grandparents still alive?keep somebody alive (=to prevent someone from dying by giving them food, medicine etc): · Paramedics fought for an hour by the roadside to keep him alive.barely alive: · The police found them lying on the kitchen floor. Mr Wilkins was dead and his wife was barely alive.alive and well (=alive and not injured or ill): · The children were found alive and well after being missing for several days.see somebody alive: · She was the last person to see him alive. ► living still living now: · A brother in Australia is Mary's only living relative.greatest living poet/composer/painter etc: · Seamus Heaney is Ireland's greatest living poet. ► animate formal something that is animate is alive and able to move, and is therefore not an object: animate objects: · At this age, children are still unable to distinguish between animate and inanimate objects. ► life the fact or state of being alive: · Do you believe in life after death?· Unfortunately it's usually the worst experiences that remind us how precious life is.fight/struggle for life: · She sat beside the hospital bed, holding his hand as he struggled for life.cling to life (=to struggle to stay alive): · An 18-year-old San José man clung to life late Wednesday after being shot in the head during a robbery. living OPP inanimate:  animate beingsanimate1 adjectiveanimate2 verb animatean‧i‧mate2 /ˈænɪmeɪt/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEanimate |
| Present | I, you, we, they | animate | | he, she, it | animates | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | animated | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have animated | | he, she, it | has animated | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had animated | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will animate | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have animated |
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| Present | I | am animating | | he, she, it | is animating | | you, we, they | are animating | | Past | I, he, she, it | was animating | | you, we, they | were animating | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been animating | | he, she, it | has been animating | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been animating | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be animating | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been animating |
- The same basic principles of animation can be applied when animating 3-D objects, where in fact perspective is usually built-in anyway.
- Visitors animate the street and are catered for, but only the quietness is disturbed and the village remains unspoiled.
NOUN► film· All the energy and excitement in this live-action remake of the much-loved Disney animated film went into merchandizing and marketing.· But if live-action film is one of the most collaborative of arts, animated film is even more so.· The two animated films are the No. 1 and No. 2 top-selling movie videos of all time. to give life or energy to something: Laughter animated his face for a moment. |