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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
The impetus behind all motion and all activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The capacity to do work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: pep, vigor, vim, vitality
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A quantity that denotes the ability to do work and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance2/time2 (ML2/T2) or the equivalent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An intangible, modifiable force (usually characterized as either 'positive' or 'negative') believed in some New Age religions to emanate from a person, place or thing and which is (or can be) preserved and transferred in human interactions; shared mood or group habit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The external actions and influences resulting from an entity’s internal nature (ousia) and by which it is made manifest, as opposed to that internal nature itself; the aspect of an entity that can affect the wider world and be apprehended by other beings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, in-plural, often, uncountable
Qualifier: Eastern Orthodoxy
Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A measure of how many actions a player or unit can take; in the fantasy genre often called magic points or mana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: roleplaying games; board games; roleplaying games; board games
Topics: video-games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: action points
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An atmosphere, aura, or vibe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness
Narrower terms: vitality, verve
noun
enterprising or ambitious drive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: push, get-up-and-go
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drive
Narrower terms: second wind
noun
forceful exertion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: vigor, vigour, zip
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: force, forcefulness, strength
Narrower terms: athleticism, strenuosity
noun
the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Department of Energy, Energy Department, DOE
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: executive department
noun
any source of usable power
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: physical phenomenon
noun
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: free energy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: physical phenomenon
Narrower terms: activation energy, energy of activation, alternative energy, atomic energy, nuclear energy, binding energy, separation energy, chemical energy, electricity, electrical energy, energy level, energy state, rest energy, work, heat, heat energy, mechanical energy, radiant energy, radiation
noun
a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: vim, vitality
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: good health, healthiness
Narrower terms: juice, qi, chi, ch'i, ki
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Ancient Greek ἐν (en) Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-) Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Hellenic *wérgon Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἐνεργός (energós) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ἐνεργής (energḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-ih2der. Ancient Greek -ιᾰ (-iă) Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia)bor. Late Latin energīader. Middle French énergieder. English energy From Middle French énergie, from Late Latin energia, from Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia, “activity”), from ἐνεργός (energós, “active”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). The sense in physics was coined by English polymath Thomas Young in 1802 in his lectures on Natural Philosophy.
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