enjoy
/in'dʤɔi/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To take pleasure or satisfaction in something: To experience something as pleasant, agreeable, or beneficial.
- To have the benefit or use of something: To possess or experience a particular advantage, right, or condition.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- I really enjoy listening to classical music.
- They enjoyed a long and happy marriage.
- The company has enjoyed steady growth for the past five years.
Advanced Usage
- "to enjoy oneself": To have a pleasant or satisfying time; to have fun.
- We enjoyed ourselves at the party last night.
- "enjoy!": An imperative phrase used to wish someone pleasure in what they are about to consume or experience.
- Here's your meal. Enjoy!
Variants and Related Words
- Enjoyable (adj): Giving pleasure; pleasant.
- We had an enjoyable evening.
- Enjoyment (n): The state or process of taking pleasure in something.
- She gets a lot of enjoyment from her garden.
Synonyms
- Like: To find agreeable or enjoyable.
- Relish: To take great pleasure or delight in.
- Appreciate: To recognize the full worth of and take pleasure in.
- Savor: To enjoy something completely, especially by dwelling on it.
Phrasal Verbs
(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs.)
Related Idioms
- Enjoy the ride: To accept and find pleasure in an experience as it happens, especially an unpredictable one.
- The project has been chaotic, but we're just trying to enjoy the ride.
Verb
- take delight in
- he delights in his granddaughter
- have for one's benefit
- The industry enjoyed a boom
- get pleasure from
- I love cooking
- have benefit from
- enjoy privileges
- derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
- She relished her fame and basked in her glory