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ENJOY
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they enjoy ... he / she / it enjoys
Past simple: enjoyed
Past participle: enjoyed
-ing form: enjoying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take delight in
Example:
he delights in his granddaughter
Synonyms:
Classified under:
"Enjoy" entails doing...:
expend; use (use up, consume fully)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enjoy"):
have a ball; have a good time (enjoy oneself greatly)
wallow (delight greatly in)
live it up (enjoy oneself)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence examples:
Sam and Sue enjoy the movie
They will enjoy the duet
Derivation:
enjoyer (a person who delights in having or using or experiencing something)
enjoyment (act of receiving pleasure from something)
enjoyment (the pleasure felt when having a good time)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Have benefit from
Example:
enjoy privileges
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Hypernyms (to "enjoy" is one way to...):
apply; employ; use; utilise; utilize (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
enjoyment ((law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
Example:
She relished her fame and basked in her glory
Synonyms:
bask; enjoy; relish; savor; savour
Classified under:
"Enjoy" entails doing...:
like (find enjoyable or agreeable)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enjoy"):
feast one's eyes (look at with great enjoyment)
devour (enjoy avidly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Derivation:
enjoyer (a person who delights in having or using or experiencing something)
enjoyment (act of receiving pleasure from something)
enjoyment (the pleasure felt when having a good time)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Get pleasure from
Example:
I love cooking
Synonyms:
enjoy; love
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Hypernyms (to "enjoy" is one way to...):
like (find enjoyable or agreeable)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enjoy"):
get off (enjoy in a sexual way)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They enjoy him to write the letter
Derivation:
enjoyer (a person who delights in having or using or experiencing something)
enjoyment (act of receiving pleasure from something)
enjoyment (the pleasure felt when having a good time)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Have for one's benefit
Example:
The industry enjoyed a boom
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "enjoy" is one way to...):
experience; go through; see (undergo or live through a difficult experience)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Antonym:
suffer (undergo or be subjected to)
Context examples:
When Cassini arrived at the Saturnian system in 2004, the southern hemisphere was enjoying summertime, while the northern was in the midst of winter.
(Saturn's Famous Hexagon May Tower Above the Clouds, NASA)
A further implication is that Earth might not be optimally habitable—and life elsewhere may enjoy a planet that is even more hospitable than our own.
(Some Exoplanets May Have Greater Variety of Life than Exists on Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A question about whether an individual enjoys or has enjoyed life.
(Able to Enjoy Life, NCI Thesaurus)
A question about whether an individual can or could enjoy the taste of food.
(Can Enjoy Taste of Food, NCI Thesaurus)
A question about whether an individual is or has been able to enjoy meals with family or friends.
(Able to Enjoy Meals with Family or Friends, NCI Thesaurus)
That was splendid too; that is, the orchestra was, though I'd have enjoyed it more if those jumping-jacks had kept quiet or gone off the stage.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Let us enjoy five minutes of instructive conversation with her.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Nothing will happen if you stay home, though. Life is to be enjoyed, so venture out.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I enjoyed perfect health of body, and tranquillity of mind; I did not feel the treachery or inconstancy of a friend, nor the injuries of a secret or open enemy.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
If you can enjoy it in peace, well and good!
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
