Energy (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural en·er·gies.
  1. the capacity for vigorous activity; available power: I eat chocolate to get quick energy.
  2. an adequate or abundant amount of such power: I seem to have no energy these days.
  3. a feeling of tension caused or seeming to be caused by an excess of such power: to work off one's energies at tennis.
  4. an exertion of such power: She plays tennis with great energy.
  5. the habit of vigorous activity; vigor as a characteristic: Foreigners both admire and laugh at American energy.
  6. the ability to act, lead others, effect, etc., forcefully.
  7. forcefulness of expression: a writing style abounding with energy.
  8. the capacity to do work; the property of a system that diminishes when the system does work on any other system, by an amount equal to the work so done; potential energy. Symbol: E
  9. any source of usable power, as fossil fuel, electricity, or solar radiation.
noun plural -gies
  1. intensity or vitality of action or expression; forcefulness
  2. capacity or tendency for intense activity; vigour
  3. vigorous or intense action; exertion
  4. physics
    • the capacity of a body or system to do work
    • a measure of this capacity, expressed as the work that it does in changing to some specified reference state. It is measured in joules (SI units)
  5. a source of power
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