energy

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energy

The student learns about different forms of energy in her physics class.

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.
energy

The student learns about different forms of energy in her physics class.

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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