Education

Dictionary Definition

A term landing over its pronunciation, a rule drawing beneath, then the definition setting under that.

Duration
4s
Frame
1080 × 1080
Export
MP4, GIF, MOV (alpha)
Resolution
Up to 4K

About the Dictionary Definition animation

The dictionary post, for a word your audience keeps hearing without a definition attached. Setting the pronunciation under the term is what makes the card read as a reference rather than a graphic. Write the body as three short lines: a definition that wraps past four is a paragraph, and a paragraph does not get screenshotted.

Where it fits

  • For a word your audience keeps hearing without a definition attached.
  • In a jargon-busting series, one term per card.
  • As a screenshot-friendly reference post.

Filling it in

Write the body as three short lines. A definition that wraps past four is a paragraph, and a paragraph does not get screenshotted. The pronunciation line carries the sounding and the part of speech, MET-uh-fawr, noun. The rule colour is the line drawn under the term.

Format and timing

Dictionary Definition is built at 1080 × 1080, a square frame, which sits in a feed post without cropping and centres neatly over wider footage, and runs 4 seconds at 30 frames per second. It arrives in 1.5 seconds, holds for 2.1 and clears in 0.4, so cue it a beat before the moment it labels. Export it as an MP4 for a timeline or a feed, a GIF where video will not embed, or a MOV with an alpha channel to lay it over footage with nothing behind it. Renders go up to 4K, and the free plan exports at 720p with a watermark.

What you can edit

  • Kickertext
  • Termtext
  • Pronunciationtext
  • Definitiontext
  • Rule colourcolor

Questions about Dictionary Definition

Why include the pronunciation?

Because it is what makes the card read as a reference rather than a graphic. A term with a pronunciation under it looks like it came from a dictionary.

Can the term be two words?

Yes, if they are short. Sunk cost fits; a four-word phrase starts to crowd the pronunciation line. Keep it to what people would look up.

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