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live-action

live-action is the alternative form of live action.

Meaning of live action

Noun

live action (uncountable)

  1. (attributive, often) Filmed video, as opposed to video produced by animation or by computer graphics.
  2. (attributive, broadly, often, proscribed) Photorealistic CGI; computer animation closely imitating real life.
    • live action version of The Lion King

Questions about live-action

What is live-action the alternative form of?
Live-action is the alternative form of live action.

Words near live-action in the dictionary

  1. live wire
  2. live wires
  3. live with
  4. live with oneself
  5. live within oneself
  6. live-action
  7. live-and-let-live
  8. live-ball era
  9. live-chat
  10. live-chats
  11. live-chatted

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