Definitions for enjoy
ɛnˈdʒɔɪen·joy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savourverb

   derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in

   "She relished her fame and basked in her glory"

2. enjoyverb

   have benefit from

   "enjoy privileges"

3. love, enjoyverb

   get pleasure from

   "I love cooking"

4. enjoyverb

   have for one's benefit

   "The industry enjoyed a boom"

5. delight, enjoy, revelverb

   take delight in

   "he delights in his granddaughter"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. enjoyverb

   To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something

2. enjoyverb

   To have the use or benefit of something

   ...while I still enjoy good health...

3. Etymology: From enjoir (), from gaudere.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To ENJOYverb

   Etymology: jouir, enjouir, French.

   1. To feel or perceive with pleasure; to have a pleasing sense of; to be delighted with.

   I could enjoy the pangs of death,
   And smile in agony. Joseph Addison, Cato.

   2. To obtain possession or fruition of.

   Edward the saint, in whom it pleased God, righteous and just, to let England see what a blessing sin and iniquity would not suffer it to enjoy. Richard Hooker, b. iv. s. 14.

   He, who to enjoy
   Plato’s elysium, leap’d into the sea,
   Cleombrotus. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. iii. l. 471.

   3. To please; to gladden; to exhilarate; to glad; to delight. This sense is usual with the reciprocal pronoun, and is derived from enjouir.

   Creatures are made to enjoy themselves, as well as to serve us. Henry More, Antidote against Atheism.

   When a man shall, with a sober, sedate, diabolical rancour, look upon and enjoy himself in the sight of his neighbour’s sin and shame, can he plead the instigation of any appetite in nature? Robert South, Sermons.

2. To Enjoyverb

   To live in happiness.

   Then I shall be no more!
   And Adam, wedded to another Eve,
   Shall live with her enjoying, I extinct. John Milton, Parad. Lost.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. enjoy

   Enjoy refers to the act of taking pleasure or delight in an activity, situation, or experience. It involves experiencing a sense of satisfaction, happiness, or gratification from circumstances, people or things. It typically implies a positive emotional response or attitude toward something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Enjoyverb

   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

2. Enjoyverb

   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

3. Enjoyverb

   to have sexual intercourse with

4. Enjoyverb

   to take satisfaction; to live in happiness

5. Etymology: [OF. enjoier to receive with joy; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. & F. joie joy: cf. OF. enjoir to enjoy. See Joy.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. enjoy

   To have pleasure from.

   They did enjoy family gatherings and the feeling if love and unity.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 23, 2020  

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   enjoy

   To have the use of, to do or create.

   They did enjoy time with family and always prioritized this.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 23, 2020  

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1. • Experience
   • Like
   • Use

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'enjoy' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1635

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'enjoy' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1293

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'enjoy' in Verbs Frequency: #156

How to pronounce enjoy?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of enjoy in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of enjoy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of enjoy in a Sentence

1. Arch Manning:

   I told him, ‘ Hey, enjoy being a high school football player, ’ dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports is a great time in your life, some of the best friends you ’ll have forever. Do n’t start thinking so much about colleges, or ‘ Hey where am I going to go play college, ’ and thinking about the next level where you do n’t get to enjoy this time in your life.

2. Padraig Harrington:

   It's not about what it means to my career or what it means going forward, you don't win that often. When you win, make sure you enjoy it. So that's where I'm at the moment. And in time, I will start to see things like invitations to the Masters and that. But right now, I won on the PGA Tour this week, and... well, actually last week and this week.

3. Chouaib El Fatihi:

   We want to be recognized as Moroccan Christian citizens and to enjoy the right to legal marriages and burial ceremonies according to our religion.

4. The British monarch:

   While COVID again means we can’t celebrate quite as we may have wished, we can still enjoy the many happy traditions, be it the singing of carols — as long as the tune is well known — decorating the tree, giving and receiving presents or watching a favorite film where we already know the ending, it’s no surprise that families so often treasure their Christmas routines.

5. Dyan Cannon:

   It’s been a challenge — it’s really been challenging, but I ’m feeling very good that John Doyle liked it enough that John Doyle was drawn to it. I think John Doyle ’ll help us make something I think people will enjoy.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=enjoy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Enjoy
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=enjoy
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enjoy
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=enjoy