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enjoy.

To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ənˈd͡ʒɔɪ/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/enˈd͡ʒoɪ/Australia
  1. To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.

    transitive
    Enjoy your holidays! I very much enjoy dancing.
    I've really enjoyed you and your sister showing me around.
  2. To have the use or benefit of something.

    transitive
    I plan to go travelling while I still enjoy good health.
  3. To be satisfied or receive pleasure; to have fun.

    India · intransitive
    I enjoyed a lot.
  4. To have sexual intercourse with.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English enjoyen, from Old French enjoier, anjoier, enjoer (“to give joy, receive with joy, rejoice”), equivalent to en- + joy.

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