{
    "term": "animation",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the process of making films, videos and computer games in which drawings, models or images of people and animals seem to move",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**computer/cartoon animation**"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Computers"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a film in which drawings, models or images of people and animals seem to move",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The electronic dictionary included some animations."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "energy and enthusiasm in the way you look, behave or speak",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His face was drained of all colour and animation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She talked about her new job with great animation."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌænɪˈmeɪʃn/",
                "audio": "an/animation/animation__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌænɪˈmeɪʃn/",
                "audio": "an/animation/animation__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘encouragement’): from Latin animatio(n-), from animare ‘instil with life’, from anima ‘life, soul’. Sense (1) dates from the early 19th cent."
}