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energy

UK/ˈɛn.ə.d͡ʒi/ US/ˈɛn.əɹ.d͡ʒi/ common

noun

1.

(physics) the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs

  • “energy can take a wide variety of forms”
2.

an exertion of force

  • “he plays tennis with great energy”
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3.

enterprising or ambitious drive

  • “Europeans often laugh at American energy”
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4.

an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)

  • “his writing conveys great energy”
  • “a remarkable muscularity of style”
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5.

a healthy capacity for vigorous activity

  • “jogging works off my excess energy”
  • “he seemed full of vim and vigor”
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6.

the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977

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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • big divorce energy
  • big-dick energy
  • bundle of energy
  • conservation of energy
  • directed-energy weapon
  • divorced energy
  • dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
  • energy bar

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