What does enjoy mean?
Definitions for enjoy
ɛnˈdʒɔɪen·joy
Here are all the possible meanings 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.
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
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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 enjoy playing it with my friends, but I also do love winning.
We should enjoy the rally and perhaps wait until we transition into the new year to focus back on fundamentals.
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
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.
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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Translations for enjoy
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- استمتعArabic
- həzz almaqAzerbaijani
- изпитвам удоволствие, радвам сеBulgarian
- gaudirCatalan, Valencian
- godaCorsican
- bavitCzech
- nydeDanish
- genießenGerman
- απολαμβάνωGreek
- ĝuiEsperanto
- gozar, disfrutarSpanish
- nautimaEstonian
- لذت بردنPersian
- nauttiaFinnish
- profiter, jouirFrench
- bain taitneamh as, taitneamh, bain sult as, sultIrish
- còrd ri, gabh tlachd ann, mealScottish Gaelic
- élvezHungarian
- juarIdo
- godereItalian
- תהנהHebrew
- 享受する, 楽しむJapanese
- 즐겨Korean
- enjoyLatin
- genéissenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- hākinakinaMāori
- ആസ്വദിയ്ക്കുകMalayalam
- igawduMaltese
- genietenDutch
- glede seg ved, nyteNorwegian
- gaudir, gausirOccitan
- lubićPolish
- apreciar, gozar, aproveitar, desfrutar, curtirPortuguese
- guder, giudair, galdeir, giodair, giuderRomansh
- a se bucura de, a se distra, savuraRomanian
- наслаждаться, насладитьсяRussian
- gosare, gosai, gudire, gosae, godire, bodireSardinian
- ужи́вати, gustirati, užívati, густиратиSerbo-Croatian
- gëzojAlbanian
- njuta av, åtnjuta, tycka omSwedish
- kujivinjariSwahili
- zevk almak, haz almakTurkish
- لطف اندوزUrdu
- juitönVolapük
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