vitality
The capacity to live and developThe capacity to live and develop.
» Try to give your writing some vitality.
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)The capacity to live and develop.
жизнеспосо́бностьžiznesposóbnostʹ, жи́зненностьžíznennostʹ, жизнесто́йкостьžiznestójkostʹ
a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
(countable, uncountable)Energy or vigour.
youthful vitality
full of vitality
Vitalität, Lebenskraft
жи́востьžívostʹ, энерги́чностьenɛrgíčnostʹ
(countable, uncountable)That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness.
Examples
9 sentencesTry to give your writing some vitality.
Health and vitality are important for long life.
Tom still has great vitality for his age.
It came back to life with even more vitality.
My brother had a great deal of vitality for his age.
Translations
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Origin
From vital + -ity, from Middle French vitalité, from Latin vitalitas (“vital force, life”)From vital + -ity, from Middle French vitalité, from Latin vitalitas (“vital force, life”), from vitalis (“vital”); see vital.
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Forms
plural: vitalities| Singular | vitality |
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Synonyms
8 synonyms- an energetic style:verve
- the property of being able to survive and grow:animation
- (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms:life forcevital forceelan vital
- a healthy capacity for vigorous activity:energyvim
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable