/ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/, /ənˈd͡ʒɔɪ/, /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/
OriginFrom Middle English enjoyen, from Old French enjoier, anjoier, enjoer (“to give joy, receive with joy, rejoice”), equivalent to en- + joy.
- transitiveTo receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
“Enjoy your holidays! I very much enjoy dancing.”
“And we shall sit at endless feast,
Enjoying each the other’s good;
What vaster dream can hit the mood
Of Love on earth?”
“Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and eff”
- transitiveTo have the use or benefit of something.
“I plan to go travelling while I still enjoy good health.”
“that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers”
“Night and day were the same in this prison room, but Tommy's wrist-watch, which enjoyed a certain degree of accuracy, informed him that it was nine o'clock in the evening.”
- India, intransitiveTo be satisfied or receive pleasure; to have fun.
- transitiveTo have sexual intercourse with.
“Never did thy Beautie[…]so enflame my sense With ardor to enjoy thee.”
Formsenjoys(present, singular, third-person) · enjoying(participle, present) · enjoyed(participle, past) · enjoyed(past) · enioy(alternative, obsolete) · injoy(alternative, obsolete)