Definitions for enjoy
ɛnˈdʒɔɪen·joy

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

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"

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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  

2. 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  

Matched Categories

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. Tommy Nguyen:

   I enjoy playing it with my friends, but I also do love winning.

2. Quincy Krosby:

   We should enjoy the rally and perhaps wait until we transition into the new year to focus back on fundamentals.

3. Emeasoba George:

   Carpe diem: That is to say, seize each day, make the most of today in order to enjoy your life and yourself eventually. Because, everyday is a privilege given to you by God to utilize and maximize. Thus, never waste any day. Rather, spend everyday positively, wisely, judiciously and industriously as well. -Emeasoba George

4. Victor Cousin:

   All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have an equal right to the impartial protection of the state; but it is not true, it is against all the laws of reason and equity, it is against the eternal nature of things, that the indolent man and the laborious man, the spendthrift and the economist, the imprudent and the wise, should obtain and enjoy an equal amount of goods.

5. Stuart Roberts:

   Grazing cattle is the most sustainable way to use land for food production which is unsuitable for growing any other crop, by using our grasslands in this way we can sequester carbon at the same time as turning inedible grass into a highly nutritious protein which our growing population can enjoy.

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