CGI

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verb

To create visuals using computer-generated imagery; to apply visual effects.

“When a Transformer turns into a car, do you think it's a real car or was it also CGIed?”

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Meanings

nounCGI (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountablevisual effects; animation; visual effects; animationInitialism of Computer-Generated Imagery.

    Synonyms: CG

proper noun
  1. InternetabbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of Common Gateway Interface.
verbCGI (third-person singular simple present CGIs, present participle CGIing, simple past and past participle CGIed or CGI'd)

present singular third person CGIs · participle present CGIing · participle past CGIed · past CGIed · participle past CGI'd · past CGI'd

  1. informaltransitiveTo create visuals using computer-generated imagery; to apply visual effects.

    When a Transformer turns into a car, do you think it's a real car or was it also CGIed?

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cg

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

cig
Cite this entry
APA

CGI. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/CGI

MLA

“CGI.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/CGI. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “CGI,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/CGI.

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