Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To receive pleasure or satisfaction from.
- intransitive verb To have the use or benefit of.
- intransitive verb To have a pleasurable or satisfactory time.
- idiom (enjoy oneself) To have a pleasurable or satisfactory time.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Enjoyment.
- To feel or perceive with joy or pleasure; take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of: as, to
enjoy the dainties of a feast, the conversation of friends, or our own meditations; to enjoy foreign travel. - To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; have, hold, or occupy, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirable: as, he enjoys a large fortune, or an honorable office.
- To derive pleasure from association with or observation of; take delight in being with or in: as, to
enjoy one's friends; I enjoyed Paris more than London; to enjoy the country. - Specifically To have sexual intercourse with.
- To have or possess, as something good or desirable, in a general sense: as, he enjoys the esteem of the community; the paper enjoys a wide circulation.
- To live in happiness; take pleasure or satisfaction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb rare To take satisfaction; to live in happiness.
- transitive verb To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with
- transitive verb To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy or have the benefit of, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirable.
- transitive verb To have sexual intercourse with.
- transitive verb to feel pleasure; to be happy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
receive pleasure orsatisfaction from something - verb To have the
use orbenefit of something
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb have benefit from
- verb take delight in
- verb get pleasure from
- verb derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
- verb have for one's benefit
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Congratulations to all the winners … enjoy ~enjoy ~ enjoy: ~)
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SO OFTEN, SADLY, WE do not associate the word enjoy with God.
Fear Not Tommorow, God is Already There Ruth Graham 2009
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SO OFTEN, SADLY, WE do not associate the word enjoy with God.
Fear Not Tommorow, God is Already There Ruth Graham 2009
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SO OFTEN, SADLY, WE do not associate the word enjoy with God.
Fear Not Tommorow, God is Already There Ruth Graham 2009
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The word "enjoy" is important because anyone can take on extra jobs and then rush through their housework and make it look like they are coping.
The Homemaker's Time 2007
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The word "enjoy" is important because anyone can take on extra jobs and then rush through their housework and make it look like they are coping.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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And Bob and uh others … I was pointing a usage of the word enjoy in a specific way … made possible by todays culture of "enjoy" that is distinctly different from the way the Westminster catechesim uses the word.
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But one thing that conservatives do enjoy is praising those who wish to execute gays.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Light at the End of the DADT Tunnel 2010
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The world's wild places were for me to enjoy from the comfort of my own home, nothing more.
Alastair Humphreys: Adventure Will Change Your Life Alastair Humphreys 2010
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If in life, a situation in a place, which I enjoy, is being negatively impacted and disrupting a sense of decorum or well being for me, work at trying to change it to restore a place of contentment.
Page 2 2009
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The can of chickpeas in the pantry has a "best by" date that passed two weeks ago. The loaf of bread on the countertop boasts a "sell by" date of today. And then there's the Manchego cheese in the deli drawer, which comes stamped with an "enjoy by" date that's just around the corner. So is it time to toss these groceries?
Confused by 'best by' or 'use by' labels? The FDA wants your input to reduce food waste Maria Godoy 2024
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The can of chickpeas in the pantry has a "best by" date that passed two weeks ago. The loaf of bread on the countertop boasts a "sell by" date of today. And then there's the Manchego cheese in the deli drawer, which comes stamped with an "enjoy by" date that's just around the corner. So is it time to toss these groceries?
Confused by 'best by' or 'use by' labels? The FDA wants your input to reduce food waste Maria Godoy 2024
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