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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

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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.


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enjoy Usage Examples

Object

  • view: A choice of function suites, several of which enjoy stunning views over the Great Lake.

Subject

  • everyone: The session finished with lots of games, which were enjoyed by everyone, even the adults that joined in from the work camp.

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.

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.

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.
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enjoy quotes

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

-Butler, Samuel

  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

   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

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