animationan‧i‧ma‧tion /ˌænəˈmeɪʃən/ noun 
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They used computer animation in the film.2[countable] a film, television programme, computer game etc that has pictures, clay models etc that seem to be really moving: 3-D animations3[uncountable] liveliness and excitementwith animation They were talking with animation.
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
word sets- Marco spoke with real passion and animation.
- Certainly all reports spoke of genuine smiles on the Girls' faces, of their brightness and animation.
- Disney wanted to fill his studio with artists capable of a more fluid, more realistic animation than had ever been attempted.
- Everyone was in a state of suspended animation.
- Nodes can contain text, graphics, animation, audio, video, images, or programs.
- Other classes in the animation series include drawing Disney characters, computer animation and perfecting character voices.
- When the summer sun shines on them, they become hard and brittle, and enter a state of suspended animation.
WORD SETS► Film
Collocationsanimation, nounanimator, nounart director, nounart house, nounarts cinema, nounbiopic, nounblue movie, nounB-movie, nouncameo, nouncameraman, nouncartoon, nouncine-, adjectivecine-camera, nouncine-film, nouncinema, nouncinematic, adjectivecinematography, nounclip, nouncontinuity, nouncut, nouncutting room, noundirection, noundouble, noundouble bill, noundouble feature, nounepilogue, nounextra, nounfantasy, nounfarce, nounfeature, nounfeature film, nounfilm star, nounfilmstrip, nounflashback, nounflick, nounfootage, nounfreeze-frame, noungaffer, nounHollywood, home movie, nounhorror movie, nounimage, nounimagery, nounlip-synch, verblocation, nounlot, nounmatinée, nounmiscast, verbmotion picture, nounmovie, nounmoviegoer, nounmovie star, nounmovie theater, nounmoving picture, nounmultiplex, nounmusical, nounnarrator, nounnewsreel, nounoff-screen, adverbopening night, nounOscar, nounout-take, nounPG, nounpremiere, nounproject, verbprojection, nounprojectionist, nounprojector, nounprop, nounrating, nounreel, nounrelease, verbremake, nounremake, verbre-release, verbrerun, nounretake, nounrole, nounscreen, nounscreen, verbscreening, nounscreenplay, nounscreen test, nounscreenwriter, nounscriptwriter, nounset, nounshort, nounshot, nounshow, verbsilent, adjectiveslow motion, nounsoundtrack, nounspaghetti western, nounsplicer, nounsplit screen, nounstand-in, nounstill, nounstudio, nounstunt man, nounstunt woman, nountalkie, nountearjerker, nounTechnicolor, nountheatre, nountheme, noun3-D, adjectivetop-grossing, adjectivetrailer, nountravelogue, nounturkey, nounwestern, nounwhodunit, nounX, nounX-certificate, adjectiveX-rated, adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► suspended
1[uncountable] the process of making animated films, television programmes, computer games etc: · But Fred's never really known what to do with it. Suspended animation between classes.· The creature seemed to be in a state of suspended animation.· It can remain in this state of suspended animation for at least two years.· Everyone was in a state of suspended animation.· As soon as the political problem was resolved, he released military operations from their state of suspended animation.· The political life of the nation finally came out of its suspended animation.· That was true, but it was also a ti me of shock, suspended animation.· We no longer possess the Susan Membrane that would allow a Marine to enter a state of suspended animation.
NOUN► computer· It shouldn't be too long before we get an answer in the shape of the first computer animation feature films.· Other classes in the animation series include drawing Disney characters, computer animation and perfecting character voices.· The first major attempt to use computer animation in a feature film was largely down to the novelty of the medium itself.· Instead, he said, almost every child subjected to the computer animation and sound games rapidly learned normal language skills.· Tron was released in 1982, using computer animation to rescue a poor script.· The system is said to be particularly useful for industrial and scientific applications like molecular modelling, computer animation, robotics control.
VERB► suspend· The United States' political institutions were in suspended animation.· When the summer sun shines on them, they become hard and brittle, and enter a state of suspended animation.· In its present state of suspended animation, however, H-4 may look forward to a well-preserved life of undetermined longevity.
They used computer animation in the film.2[countable] a film, television programme, computer game etc that has pictures, clay models etc that seem to be really moving: 3-D animations3[uncountable] liveliness and excitementwith animation They were talking with animation.