enjoy
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Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French enjoir (en- + joir), from Latin gaudere.
Verb [edit]
enjoy (third-person singular simple present enjoys, present participle enjoying, simple past and past participle enjoyed)
- To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
- Enjoy your holidays!
- I enjoy dancing.
- To have the use or benefit of something
- ...while I still enjoy good health...
- 1988, Harry G Frankfurt, The importance of what we care about: philosophical essays
- This account fails to provide any basis for doubting that animals of subhuman species enjoy the freedom it defines.
Usage notes [edit]
- This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
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to have the use or benefit of something
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