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Meaning of 'enjoy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Enjoy [ v. i.]
- To take satisfaction; to live in happiness.
2 . Enjoy [ v. t.]
- 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.
- 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.
- To have sexual intercourse with.

Meaning of 'enjoy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . enjoy [ v]
Meaning (1):
- have benefit from
Example in sentence:
  • enjoy privileges
Meaning (2):
- take delight in
Example in sentence:
  • he delights in his granddaughter
Meaning (3):
- get pleasure from
Example in sentence:
  • I love cooking
Meaning (4):
- derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
Example in sentence:
  • She relished her fame and basked in her glory
Meaning (5):
- have for one's benefit
Example in sentence:
  • The industry enjoyed a boom

Nearby Words:

enjailed enjailing enjall enjoin enjoined enjoiner enjoining enjoinment enjoyable enjoyed

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