vigourvig‧our British English, vigor American English /ˈvɪɡə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable] 
He began working with renewed vigour.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- His new job was certainly a challenge, but Edward tackled it with vigour and imagination.
- Holidays make it possible for you to return to your normal routine with renewed vigour and enthusiasm.
- His vigour and passion impressed me.
- It needs to be conducted with more vigour and with more rigour than has so far been evident.
- It was a peculiar exchange to take place between men in full vigour, aged forty and forty-four respectively.
- Lewis is looking for a catalyst to recapture some of its original vigour and purpose.
- Right at the start of the gospel story we find the Spirit active in full vigour.
- They valued his vigour and inventiveness and came to respect him as a reliable man of business.
- Thousands can be lost without seriously affecting the vigour and power of the army.
Longman Language Activatorenergy
the physical and mental strength that allows you to do things: · Certain vitamins can give you more energy, if you're always feeling tired.· She's got tremendous energy and a huge capacity for hard work.· I don't have the time or the energy to go out in the evenings.
British /vigor American physical and mental energy, determination, and strength: with vigour: · His new job was certainly a challenge, but Edward tackled it with vigour and imagination.renewed/new vigour: · Holidays make it possible for you to return to your normal routine with renewed vigour and enthusiasm.
an energetic determination to get things done without delay: · Fred got the job because he seemed to have more get-up-and-go than the other applicants.get-up-and-go feeling/approach etc: · Golden Crunchies will help you start the day with that get-up-and-go feeling.
healthy energy and cheerfulness: · He was a small man with enormous vitality.· Gail was someone who needed the stimulus of a big city to maintain her mental vitality.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He began working with renewed vigour.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES She was full of vim and vigour.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
physical or mental energy and determinationwith vigour He began working with renewed vigour. She was full of vim and vigour.· She is about fifty but strong and healthy and full of feminine vigour.· It was a peculiar exchange to take place between men in full vigour, aged forty and forty-four respectively.· Right at the start of the gospel story we find the Spirit active in full vigour.· It would also appear, particularly in relation to street robberies, that the law was rarely prosecuted with its full vigour.· They were warm under the sun and full of vigour hardly drained in the short battle and soon flooding back.
· She did this with great vigour at, seemingly, every opportunity.· Despite their growing unpopularity, the Laudian bishops continued to pursue their objectives with great vigour throughout the 1630s.· Fowler was a man of great energy and enthusiasm and pursued his wide interests in many fields of engineering with great vigour.· He set about reshaping the Canterbury community with great vigour and clarity of aim.· Fish, reptiles, birds and mammals all protect their young and often each other, with great vigour, when danger threatens.· These were old aims but the intention was to pursue them with greater vigour and effectiveness.· They must also plunder with much greater vigour the techniques of neighbouring disciplines.
· This contradicts the spirit of the supplementary benefit regulations and suggests that the means test is being enforced with new vigour.· There is new vigour in the businesses liberated from state ownership; better management and better industrial relations.· The objective of the competition is to give Glasgow a central skyscraper which would reflect the city's new vigour and status.
· But it was during the war that real expansion occurred as branches turned with renewed vigour to improve child and maternity welfare.· His misfortunes spurred Galt to write with renewed vigour and until near the end of his life his output was voluminous.· However, in March 1676, the King commanded them to execute these laws with renewed vigour.· Instead, it generated excitement and renewed vigour.· Royal charters bore witness to renewed vigour outside the demesne as in it.· With an added purpose in his step, he continued on his way, returning to Coriolanus with renewed vigour.· To add insult to injury, Palace, attacking with renewed vigour, were then awarded a doubtful penalty.· She ran off to friends in Crete for sunshine and consolation, and returned with renewed vigour.
· And Des works out in his home gym to keep up with her youthful vigour.· Surely, they feel, youthful vigour should outgun out-of-date prudery.· This means that evolution favours youthful vigour at the expense of later decline.
VERB· The Council considers this to be an important issue which should be pursued with vigour.· These were old aims but the intention was to pursue them with greater vigour and effectiveness.· The task of establishing and encouraging national cultural activities was pursued with some vigour by the new ministry.· That is the path that we must pursue, with vigour and determination.· These policy decisions now fall upon the new Executive Committee to pursue with enthusiasm, vigour and zeal.· Mr Ridley said the action would be pursued with the utmost vigour.
He began working with renewed vigour.