Energy

/'enədʤi/
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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • The capacity for vigorous activity; vitality and intensity: "Energy" refers to the physical and mental strength that allows someone to be active and do things.
    • The power derived from physical or chemical resources to provide light, heat, or work: In physics and technology, "energy" is the quantitative property that must be transferred to an object to perform work or heat it.
    • The strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity: It can describe a person's feeling of having the power to be active.
    • A feeling of possessing such strength and vitality; enthusiasm and determination: It can describe a person's dynamic quality or the forceful quality of an action or style.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun:
    • She puts all her energy into her work. (She uses all her strength and focus for her work.)
    • The company is investing in renewable energy. (The company is putting money into power sources like wind or solar.)
    • After a good night's sleep, I have more energy. (After sleeping well, I feel more capable of activity.)
    • He answered the questions with great energy. (He answered with enthusiasm and force.)
Advanced Usage
  • "To conserve energy": to avoid using too much power or personal vitality.
    • We turn off lights to conserve energy.
  • "A burst of energy": a sudden, short period of high activity or vitality.
    • The team had a final burst of energy in the last minutes of the game.
  • "To channel one's energy into something": to direct one's efforts and focus toward a specific activity.
    • She channels her creative energy into painting.
Variants and Related Words
  • Energetic (adj): showing or involving great activity or vitality.
    • He is an energetic teacher.
  • Energize (verb): to give vitality and enthusiasm to; to supply power to a system.
    • The speech energized the crowd.
Synonyms
  • Vitality: The state of being strong and active; liveliness.
  • Vigor: Physical strength and good health.
  • Drive: Determination and energy to achieve things.
  • Power: The ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
  • Energy up (informal): To make someone feel more energetic or lively.
    • A cup of coffee in the morning helps to energy me up.
Related Idioms
  • A bundle of energy: A person who is very lively and active.
    • The toddler is a real bundle of energy.
  • To have more money than sense: (Note: This idiom is unrelated to "energy" and is included here as a demonstration of what to do. For "energy," a relevant idiom is below.)
  • To run out of steam: To lose energy and enthusiasm; to become tired. (This is a metaphorical idiom related to energy.)
    • I started the project well, but I've run out of steam.
Noun
  1. the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977
  2. any source of usable power
    • the DOE is responsible for maintaining the energy policy
  3. a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
    • jogging works off my excess energy
    • he seemed full of vim and vigor
  4. an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)
    • his writing conveys great energy
    • a remarkable muscularity of style
  5. enterprising or ambitious drive
    • Europeans often laugh at American energy
  6. forceful exertion
    • he plays tennis with great energy
    • he's full of zip
  7. (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to 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

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