Definition of enjoy Enjoy

/ɛnʤɔjˈ/ - [enjoy] - en•joy

We found 15 definitions of enjoy from 6 different sources.

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What does enjoy mean?

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Verb

enjoys, enjoying, enjoyed  

enjoy - derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory"
  bask, relish, savor, savour
  feast one's eyes look at with great enjoyment; "She feasted her eyes on the Tuscan landscape"
  devour eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"
enjoy - have benefit from; "enjoy privileges"
  utilise, employ, utilize, use, apply convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)
enjoy - have for one's benefit; "The industry enjoyed a boom"
  endure, suffer feel pain or be in pain
  experience, go through, see go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
enjoy - get pleasure from; "I love cooking"
  love
  like feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard; "How did you like the President's speech last night?"
  get off escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"
enjoy - take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter"
  delight, revel
  expend, use use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions"
  have a ball, have a good time enjoy oneself greatly; "We had a ball at the party and didn't come home until 2 AM"
  wallow delight greatly in; "wallow in your success!"
  live it up enjoy oneself; "it's your birthday, so let's live it up!"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • enjoy (v. t.)
    To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainties of a feast; to enjoy conversation.
  • enjoy (v. t.)
    To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy or have the benefit of, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirable; as, to enjoy a free constitution and religious liberty.
  • enjoy (v. t.)
    To have sexual intercourse with.
  • enjoy (v. i.)
    To take satisfaction; to live in happiness.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • enjoy
    To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
  • enjoy
    To derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • enjoy
    en-joi′, v.t. to joy or delight in: to feel or perceive with pleasure: to possess or use with satisfaction or delight: to have the use of: to have sexual intercourse with.—adj. Enjoy′able, capable of being enjoyed or of giving joy.—n. Enjoy′ment, state or condition of enjoying: satisfactory possession or use of anything; pleasure: happiness. [O. Fr. enjoier, to give joy to—en (=L. in), and joie, joy; or O. Fr. enjoir, to enjoy—en, and joir—L. gaudēre, to rejoice.]

Part of speech

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  • enjoy, verb, present, 1st person singular of enjoy (infinitive).
  • enjoy, verb (infinitive).

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