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enjoy Definition

en·joy (en jo̵i′, in-)

transitive verb

  1. to have or experience with joy; get pleasure from; relish
  2. to have the use or benefit of; have as one's lot or advantage the book enjoyed large sales

Etymology: ME enjoien < OFr enjoir < en-, in + joir, to rejoice < L gaudere, to be glad: see joy

enjoy Idioms

enjoy oneself

to have a good time; have pleasure

enjoy Synonyms

enjoy

v.

  1. To take pleasure in

    relish, savor, delight in, luxuriate in, revel in, appreciate, fancy, be pleased with, bask in, feast on, get a kick out of*, get a charge out of*, eat up*, dig*, get off on*; see also like 1.

    Antonyms abhor, suffer, endure.

  2. To have the use of

    command, hold, possess, have, experience, partake of, have the benefit of, exercise; see also own 1, use 1.

enjoy Law Definition

v

To have the undisturbed use or possession of something, particularly real property.
enjoy Usage Examples

Object

  • view: A choice of function suites, several of which enjoy stunning views over the Great Lake.
  • success: Wales Environment Trust has enjoyed considerable success over recent months.
  • reputation: The Department enjoys a worldwide reputation for the delivery of first class postgraduate education.
  • meal: Guests can enjoy a meal in the hotel restaurant or a relaxing drink in the.. .
  • scenery: Instead, when I do visit Derbyshire I shall be able to enjoy the scenery.
  • benefit: We hope you enjoy the benefits of these improvements.

Subject

  • everyone: The session finished with lots of games, which were enjoyed by everyone, even the adults that joined in from the work camp.
  • walker: Pathways encircling the island's coastline can be enjoyed by walkers.

Adjective complement

  • most: Tell us which type of puzzle you enjoy most on our reader comments service at the foot of the page.

Modifying Another Word

  • thoroughly: In the doorway stood Elizabeth thoroughly enjoying the changing emotions registering on her former husband's face.
  • really: I have really enjoyed every session, even the homework!

Used with why or when

  • what: Her secret is simple - enjoy what you do!

Present participle complement

  • listen: Enjoyed listening to the CD on the way home.
  • watch: In his spare time Garrath enjoys watching Rugby and Huddersfield Town FC.
  • read: Finally, I hope you have enjoyed reading this report.
  • browse: I have enjoyed browsing your site for many a year --- Congratulations John on an " AbFab " website.
  • play: We just enjoyed playing together on the floor in the studio.
  • eat: Off season I use supplemented protein less and instead enjoy eating cottage cheese.

Preposition: by

  • everyone: The session finished with lots of games, which were enjoyed by everyone, even the adults that joined in from the work camp.
  • walker: Pathways encircling the island's coastline can be enjoyed by walkers.
enjoy Quotes

   Some of the opera houses in Italy had to be burnt down because people could neither see nor hear. They gave up seeing years ago, but they did enjoy the music.

—Johnson, Philip Cortelyou

   Pray inwardly, even though you do not enjoy it. It does good though you feel nothing, even though you think you are doing nothing.

—Julian of Norwich known as LadyJulian

   The 'men of the hour', the self-assured who strut among us in the jingling harness of their success and importance, how can you let yourself be irritated by them. Let them enjoy their triumphöon the level to which it belongs.

—Hammarskjo«  ld, Dag HjalmarAgne Carl

Come, let us here enjoy the shade; For love in shadow best is made. Though envy oft his shadow be, None brooks the sunlight worse than he.

—Jonson, Ben

  It isanuneasy lot at best, tobe what we call highly taught and yet not to enjoy: to be present at thisgreat spectacle of life and never to be liberated from a small hungry shivering self.

—Eliot, George pseudonym of  MaryAnn Evans

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

—Jerome,Jerome K(lapka)

People don't learn to enjoy pictures because they seldom look at them; and they seldom look at pictures because they have never learnt to enjoy them.

—Mortimer, (Charles) Raymond Bell

Nor shall our cups make any guilty men: But, at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met. No simple word, That shall be utter'd at our mirthful board, Shall make us sad next morning: or affright The liberty, that we'll enjoy tonight.

—Jonson, Ben

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

—Butler, Samuel