How do you use the word "animation" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "animation": The animation is on the air even in other countries. He told of his adventures with animation.

Animation Meaning

/ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe act of animating, or giving life or spirit.

nounA sequence of still drawings or inanimate objects displayed in rapid succession to create the illusion of movement in motion pictures or computer graphics; the object (film, computer game, etc.) produced

Sentence Examples

The animation is on the air even in other countries.

He told of his adventures with animation.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

life living vitality

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The artist spent months creating the ____ for the fantasy film.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

He is studying computer ____ at the local art school after work.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos Proto-Italic *anamos Latin animus Latin anima Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin animō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin animatiōlbor. English animation Learned borrowing from Latin animatiō, from animō, equivalent to animate + -ion.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation." — 1828, Walter Savage Landor, “Lord Brooke and Sir Philip Sidney”, in Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:

""The constraints are not so hard and fast that exceptional sentences do not occur. In particular animation and disanimation can temporarily suspend the system."" — 1992, Samuel E. Martin, A Reference Grammar of Korean, page 291:

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