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vitality - 5 dictionary results

vi⋅tal⋅i⋅ty

[vahy-tal-i-tee]
–noun, plural -ties.
1. exuberant physical strength or mental vigor: a person of great vitality.
2. capacity for survival or for the continuation of a meaningful or purposeful existence: the vitality of an institution.
3. power to live or grow: the vitality of a language.
4. vital force or principle.

Origin:
1585–95; < L vītālitās, equiv. to vītāli(s) vital + -tās- -ty 2
vi·tal·i·ty   (vī-tāl'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. vi·tal·i·ties
  1. The capacity to live, grow, or develop: plants that lost their vitality when badly pruned.
  2. Physical or intellectual vigor; energy. See Synonyms at vigor.
  3. The characteristic, principle, or force that distinguishes living things from nonliving things.
  4. Power to survive: the vitality of an old tradition.

Vitality

Vi*tal"i*ty\ (?; 277), n. [L. vitalitas: cf. F. vitalit['e].] The quality or state of being vital; the principle of life; vital force; animation; as, the vitality of eggs or vegetable seeds; the vitality of an enterprise.
Language Translation for : vitality
Spanish: vitalidad,
German: die Vitalität,
Japanese: 活力

Main Entry: vi·tal·i·ty
Pronunciation: vI-'tal-&t-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
1 : thepeculiarity distinguishing the living from the nonliving
2 : capacity to live and develop; also : physical or mental vigor especially when highly developed

vitality vi·tal·i·ty (vī-tāl'ĭ-tē)
n.

  1. The capacity to live, grow, or develop.
  2. Physical or intellectual vigor; energy.

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