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INANIMATE

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulseplay

Example:

pulseless and dead

Synonyms:

breathless; inanimate; pulseless

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

dead (no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life)

Derivation:

inanimateness (not having life)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not endowed with lifeplay

Example:

inanimate objects

Synonyms:

inanimate; non-living; nonliving

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

nonconscious (relating to the lack of consciousness of inanimate things)

Attribute:

aliveness; animateness; liveness (the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life)

Antonym:

animate (endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life)

Derivation:

inanimateness (not having life)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving thingsplay

Example:

the word 'car' is inanimate

Classified under:

Adjectives

Domain category:

linguistics (the scientific study of language)

Antonym:

animate (belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings)

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