inanimate
in·an·i·mate
(ĭn-ăn′ə-mĭt)adj.
1. Not having the qualities associated with active, living organisms.
2. Not animated or energetic; dull.
3. Grammar Belonging to the class of nouns that stand for nonliving things: The word car is inanimate; the word dog is animate.
in·an′i·mate·ly adv.
in·an′i·mate·ness n.
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inanimate
(ɪnˈænɪmɪt)adj
1. lacking the qualities or features of living beings; not animate: inanimate objects.
2. lacking any sign of life or consciousness; appearing dead
3. lacking vitality; spiritless; dull
inˈanimately adv
inˈanimateness, inanimation n
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in•an•i•mate
(ɪnˈæn ə mɪt)adj.
1. not animate; lifeless.
2. spiritless; sluggish; dull.
3. (of a linguistic item) used with reference to objects, concepts, and beings regarded as lacking perception and volition (opposed to animate).
[1555–65; < Late Latin]
in•an′i•mate•ly, adv.
in•an′i•mate•ness, in•an`i•ma′tion (-ˈmeɪ ʃən) n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Adj. | 1. | inanimate - belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things; "the word `car' is inanimate" linguistics - the scientific study of language animate - belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; "the word `dog' is animate" |
| 2. | inanimate - not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects" animate - endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings" | |
| 3. | inanimate - appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead" dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin" |
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inanimate
adjective lifeless, inert, dead, cold, extinct, defunct, inactive, soulless, quiescent, spiritless, insensate, insentient He thinks that inanimate objects have a life of their own.
living, active, alive, moving, lively, animate, alive and kicking, full of beans (informal)
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inanimate
adjectiveCompletely lacking sensation or consciousness:
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Translations
جامِد، لا حَياة فيه
neživý
død
dauîur, lífvana
negyvas
nedzīvs
cansız
inanimate
[ɪnˈænɪmɪt] ADJ [object] → inanimado
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inanimate
[ɪnˈænɪmət] adj → inanimé(e)
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inanimate
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inanimate
[ɪnˈænɪmɪt] adj → inanimato/a
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inanimate
(inˈӕnimət) adjectivenot living. A rock is an inanimate object.
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in·an·i·mate
a. inanimado-a, sin vida, falto de animación.
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