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Antonyms for energies

Grammar : Noun
Spell : en-er-jee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛn ər dʒi

Definition of energies

Origin :
  • 1590s, "force of expression," from Middle French énergie (16c.), from Late Latin energia, from Greek energeia "activity, operation," from energos "active, working," from en "at" (see en- (2)) + ergon "work, that which is wrought; business; action" (see urge (v.)).
  • Used by Aristotle with a sense of "force of expression;" broader meaning of "power" is first recorded in English 1660s. Scientific use is from 1807. Energy crisis first attested 1970.
  • noun person's spirit and vigor
  • noun generated power
Example sentences :
  • Man was born into fear in that he was born into a world of which most of the energies were set against him.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Unless we were conscious of the energies such a call would not reach us.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • His spirit retired far into its fastness, taking with it all his energies.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • I roused my energies, and the next time the wily Beadle summoned me, I went.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • It was a dark day to the student, but he had learned "never to let his energies stagnate."
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • All our energies will have to be directed towards the matter we have in hand.'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • These energies remain, nevertheless, distinct from the poetic energy.
  • Extract from : « The Lyric » by John Drinkwater
  • The energies of her mind in connection with his mind were surely failing.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • All the energies of her soul were aroused to avenge her husband's death.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
  • To this nobler purpose the man of understanding will devote the energies of his life.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

Synonyms for energies

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