Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)Ready vitality and vigour.

    энерги́чностьenergíčnostʹ, эне́ргияenérgija, мо́щьmóščʹ

More definitions
  • a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
  • an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)

Examples

3 sentences
  1. His energy, vigor, and vim have declined.

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  2. The high percentage of oxygen makes people full of vim and vigor.

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  3. Tom codes in vim.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
ready vitality and vigour:

Origin

Possibly from Latin vim, accusative singular of vīs (“force, power, strength; (New Latin)

Possibly from Latin vim, accusative singular of vīs (“force, power, strength; (New Latin) energy, force”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”); compare English vis); but perhaps a modern expressive formation.

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Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

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