What does enjoy mean?
Definitions for enjoy
ɛnˈdʒɔɪen·joy
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word enjoy.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
enjoyverb
have benefit from
"enjoy privileges"
love, enjoyverb
get pleasure from
"I love cooking"
enjoyverb
have for one's benefit
"The industry enjoyed a boom"
delight, enjoy, revelverb
take delight in
"he delights in his granddaughter"
Wiktionary
enjoyverb
To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
enjoyverb
To have the use or benefit of something
...while I still enjoy good health...
Etymology: From enjoir (), from gaudere.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To ENJOYverb
Etymology: jouir, enjouir, French.
I could enjoy the pangs of death,
And smile in agony. Joseph Addison, Cato.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.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.
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.
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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 Dictionary
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
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
Enjoyverb
to have sexual intercourse with
Enjoyverb
to take satisfaction; to live in happiness
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
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.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'enjoy' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1635
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'enjoy' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1293
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'enjoy' in Verbs Frequency: #156
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of enjoy in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of enjoy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of enjoy in a Sentence
I want to have my feet on the ground, to continue to work as I have been until now, to enjoy the bike, and if some day we can win another Tour de France, we'll try for a third. If we win the third, then a fourth and a fifth, this is like a drug, you win one and you want more and more.
With your, love touch someone's heart, feel their soul, enjoy their bliss, share your joy, and then become their friend
I don't exactly know what my plans are as I need to first finish here, i am really focused on my job, (I will) do what I have to do, finish this week and enjoy it a little bit as well.
It's been a real shocker, we're about to enjoy eating dinner, and the cops show up and tell us you have to go, and everything changes in an instant. You have five minutes to pack your bags with what you think you're going to need and you're off.
The Associated Press, Hollywood Reporter, Variety — they all ran with the headline, ‘Pat Boone refuses to kiss leading lady,’ and they assumed for religious reasons, and it wasn’t! I just wanted to stay married. And my wife gave me permission. I know it sounds naive now, but she said, ‘I can live with it if you kiss Shirley Jones, but just don’t try to enjoy it.'.
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- استمتعArabic
- həzz almaqAzerbaijani
- радвам се, изпитвам удоволствиеBulgarian
- gaudirCatalan, Valencian
- godaCorsican
- bavitCzech
- nydeDanish
- genießenGerman
- απολαμβάνωGreek
- ĝuiEsperanto
- gozar, disfrutarSpanish
- nautimaEstonian
- لذت بردنPersian
- nauttiaFinnish
- profiter, jouirFrench
- bain sult as, bain taitneamh as, sult, taitneamhIrish
- meal, còrd ri, gabh tlachd annScottish Gaelic
- élvezHungarian
- juarIdo
- godereItalian
- תהנהHebrew
- 楽しむ, 享受するJapanese
- 즐겨Korean
- enjoyLatin
- genéissenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- hākinakinaMāori
- ആസ്വദിയ്ക്കുകMalayalam
- igawduMaltese
- genietenDutch
- glede seg ved, nyteNorwegian
- gaudir, gausirOccitan
- lubićPolish
- apreciar, gozar, curtir, desfrutar, aproveitarPortuguese
- giudair, giodair, giuder, guder, galdeirRomansh
- a se distra, savura, a se bucura deRomanian
- насладиться, наслаждатьсяRussian
- bodire, gosare, gudire, godire, gosae, gosaiSardinian
- užívati, густирати, ужи́вати, gustiratiSerbo-Croatian
- gëzojAlbanian
- åtnjuta, njuta av, tycka omSwedish
- kujivinjariSwahili
- haz almak, zevk almakTurkish
- насолод� уйтесьUkrainian
- لطف اندوزUrdu
- juitönVolapük
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