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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

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Positive
animate

Comparative
more animate

Superlative
most animate

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

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.
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