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A rock is an inanimate object.
What does Inanimate mean?
Inanimate means not living.
Dictionary definition
Not alive or not having life.
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Inanimate in a sentence
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The story gave an inanimate toy a speaking role.
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In science, students sort living things and inanimate objects into different groups.
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What does inanimate mean?
Inanimate means not living.
Practice 2
Which word or phrase is closest in meaning to inanimate?
nonliving is close in meaning to inanimate in this context.
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Inanimate
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in · an · uh · mut · strongest beat: an
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WordInanimate.
Partadjective.
MeaningInanimate means not living.
ExampleExample: A rock is an inanimate object.
Word breakdown
4 syllables. Say each part, then blend the word.
- Syllables
- in · an · uh · mut
- Strongest beat
- an
- Ending
- mut
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on an.
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Inanimate word family
Base word
inanimate
adjective
inanimate
Base form.
adjective
animate
Alive or able to move.
noun
animation
The art of making images appear to move.
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