enjoy
to experience with joy; take pleasure in: He enjoys Chinese food.
to have and use with satisfaction; have the benefit of: He enjoys an excellent income from his trust funds.
to find or experience pleasure for (oneself): She seems to enjoy herself at everything she does.
to undergo (an improvement): Automobile manufacturers have enjoyed a six-percent rise in sales over the past month.
to have intercourse with.
Origin of enjoy
1Other words for enjoy
Other words from enjoy
- en·joy·er, noun
- en·joy·ing·ly, adverb
- pre·en·joy, verb (used with object)
- re·en·joy, verb (used with object)
- un·en·joyed, adjective
- un·en·joy·ing, adjective
- un·en·joy·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use enjoy in a sentence
I was put in a solitary confinement completely cut off from the outside world without even enjoying basic prisoner rights.
A Daughter’s Plea: Free My Father from Prison in Iran | Mitra Pourshajari, Movements.Org, Advancing Human Rights | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSince 2009, the goat has had a thriving Twitter presence as well, today enjoying up to nearly 8,000 followers.
Prince George and his parents are enjoying their first Christmas in their magnificent country home.
“Enjoying the bubbles is as important as enjoying the wine,” Goldston says.
The resulting product included four single-cask variants along with finished pictures of McKidd enjoying a glass of The Macallan.
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Beneath the portico, numbers of servants and retainers were lounging about, enjoying the fresco.
At first I almost perished with loneliness, but now that I have a few acquaintances here I am enjoying it.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayEnjoying the keen physical pleasure of it, he thought what a wholly delightful thing was a hot bath after a day's hard hunting.
Uncanny Tales | VariousThe men were evidently walking up and down enjoying the soft air of the evening.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensTo Tasmania we were able to devote a few days, taking evidence and enjoying its wonderful beauty.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
British Dictionary definitions for enjoy
/ (ɪnˈdʒɔɪ) /
to receive pleasure from; take joy in
to have the benefit of; use with satisfaction
to have as a condition; experience: the land enjoyed a summer of rain
archaic to have sexual intercourse with
enjoy oneself to have a good time
Origin of enjoy
1Derived forms of enjoy
- enjoyable, adjective
- enjoyableness, noun
- enjoyably, adverb
- enjoyer, noun
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