animation
noun /ˌænɪˈmeɪʃn/
/ˌænɪˈmeɪʃn/
- computer/cartoon animation
WordfinderTopics Computersb2- animation
- application
- authoring
- beta version
- configure
- demo
- install
- interactive
- software
- spreadsheet
- The electronic dictionary included some animations.
- [uncountable] energy and enthusiasm in the way you look, behave or speak
- His face was drained of all colour and animation.
- She talked about her new job with great animation.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘encouragement’): from Latin animatio(n-), from animare ‘instil with life’, from anima ‘life, soul’. Sense (1) dates from the early 19th cent.