enjoy

verb
/ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/

To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.

Example

“Enjoy your holidays!   I very much enjoy dancing.”

Other meanings

To have the use or benefit of something.
“I plan to go travelling while I still enjoy good health.”
To have sexual intercourse with.

Synonyms

bask
relish

Related words

unenjoyed
enjoyingly
unenjoying
joyability
enjoyee
enjoyer
enjoyful
overenjoy
reenjoy
disenjoy
enjoyable
enjoyment

Example sentences

“Do you enjoy listening to classical music?”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“Do you enjoy living there?”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“Enjoy your holiday and stop forcing it on everyone else.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old French "enjoier".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “enjoy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.