vitality
pronunciation
How to pronounce vitality in British English:
UK [vaɪˈtæləti]
How to pronounce vitality in American English:
US [vaɪˈtælɪti]
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- Noun:
- an energetic style
- a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
- (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms
- the property of being able to survive and grow
Word Origin
- vitality (n.)
- 1590s, from Latin vitalitatem (nominative vitalitas) "vital force, life," from vitalis "pertaining to life" (see vital).
Example
- 1. Experience matters , but so does vitality and imagination .
- 2. But we can not ignore its enormous vitality for its simplicity !
- 3. Is america really confident enough in mr mccain 's vitality to give him the most demanding job in the world ?
- 4. They want an economy that restores the vitality of the manufacturing sector .
- 5. The same basic principles that have given such vitality to the open source movement are being adopted and experimented with in other fields .