animation

Noun

animation (countable and uncountable, plural animations)

1. The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.
   • […] by the animation of the same soul quickening that whole frame.1647, Joseph Hall, Christ Mysticall; or the blessed union of Christ and his Members, as edited and reprinted in Josiah Pratt (editor), The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall...

   Synonyms:

   vitalization, vivification, enlivenment

2. (animation) A 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
3. The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness
   • He recited the story with great animation.

   Synonyms:

   airiness, ardor, buoyancy, earnestness, energy, enthusiasm, liveliness, promptitude, spirit, sprightliness

4. The condition of being animate (alive or supernaturally seeming alive).
   • 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

   Synonyms:

   animacy, animateness, life

5. conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category
   • "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
6. Activities offered by a holiday resort encompassing activities that include movement, joy, leisure and spectacle, such as games, sports, shows, events, etc.