Animated Meaning
/ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ.tɪd/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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adjFull of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely.
"an animated discussion"
"The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition."— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
adjEndowed with life.
"Throughout animated Nature, of each characteristic Organ and Faculty there exists a preassurance, an instinctive and practical anticipation; and no preassurance common to a whole species does in any instance prove delusive."— 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aids to Reflection:
adjComposed of inanimate objects or drawings that have the illusion of motion through the use of computer graphics or stop-action filming.
"an animated film"
verbsimple past and past participle of animate
Sentence Examples
Her face was animated by joy.
The students were animated by the agitator's appeal.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The children were so ____ by the clown that they laughed uncontrollably.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The kids love to watch ____ movies about magic and dragons.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The children were so ____ by the clown that they laughed uncontrollably.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The kids love to watch ____ movies about magic and dragons.