inanimate
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5.6
- adjective
- /ɪˈnænɪmət/
- Specialized
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inanimado
- We know that people get attached to inanimate objects and that there are many religions where inanimate objects have what we would think of as a bit of a soul.
- inanimate objects
- inanimate things
- inanimate entities
We get angry at inanimate things that aren't persons.
- We get angry at inanimate things that aren't persons.
- That's not violence because it's on an inanimate object.
- You know you loathe inanimate objects.
- Because it turns out you can teach an inanimate object to learn.
- Information can be about completely inanimate things.
- Now, it's not getting angry with inanimate things.
- And then I felt something hit the water that wasn't water and it was an inanimate object.
- So they even see inanimate objects, statues, buildings as things that are attacking them.
- Also, to me it's really interesting the anthropomorphisation of human to inanimate object interaction.
- But still life is is a work or a composition that basically deals with a very composed, you know, scene with inanimate objects.
- And it seems almost that things even so-called inanimate things seem to almost respond there.
- And it just hit me right there thinking that my mother, you know, having to leave her kids to just drive around a bunch of inanimate objects to make money.
Examples
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A fomite is simply an inanimate object capable of carrying infectious material from one person to another.
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In spite of vast differences, clans believe that spirits reside in inanimate objects such as masks, wigs, and carved figures.
Academic text (1994) -
Information can be about completely inanimate things.
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Because it turns out you can teach an inanimate object to learn.
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OK, we can only talk to inanimate objects for the rest of the game.
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Is my mask an inanimate object?
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One thinks of these things as silly, inanimate objects, but boy, do they have power!
Blog text (6) -
The researchers tested their system with a number of inanimate objects, including letter cut outs that spelled the word believe.
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The virus can live for some time on inanimate objects, such as doorknobs and steering wheels.
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Information can be about completely inanimate things like stones or fences.
Synonyms
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3.4
Not moving and showing no signs of people or animals
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7.6
Something that is not lively and seems dull and without energy
Not alive, for example stones, water, and machines
Not alive and does not grow or breathe
Without life or any sign of feeling
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inanimate comes from the Latin parts in- 'not' and anim 'breath' or 'soul', the same root behind animal. So in grammar a noun is called inanimate when it is 'not alive', which is why words like 'rock' are in this group.