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say it: EN-ur-jee
energy is a noun meaning "(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs". It carries 7 recorded senses.
(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”
physics
forceful exertion
“he plays tennis with great energy”
“he's full of zip”
enterprising or ambitious drive
“Europeans often laugh at American energy”
an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)
“his writing conveys great energy”
“a remarkable muscularity of style”
a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
“jogging works off my excess energy”
“he seemed full of vim and vigor”
any source of usable power
“the DOE is responsible for maintaining the energy policy”
the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for energy come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.