Enjoy

Definition: Enjoy

Enjoy

Verb

1. Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory".

2. Have benefit from; "enjoy privileges".

3. Get pleasure from; "I love cooking".

4. Have for one's benefit; "The industry enjoyed a boom".

5. Take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "enjoy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Multilingual Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Enjoy

Content

A heart with room for every joy; ich habe genossen das irdische Gluck ich habe gelebt und geliebet; "nor cast one longing lingering look behind"; "shut up in measureless content"; "sweet are the thoughts that savor of content"; "their wants but few their wishes all confined"; might as well relax and enjoy it.

Discontent

Cave of Adullam, indignation meeting, "winter of our discontent"; "with what I most enjoy contented least".

Eventuality

Meet with; experience, enjoy, encounter, undergo, suffer, pass through, go through, be subjected to, be exposed to; fall to the lot of; be one's chance, be one's fortune, be one's lot; find; endure; (feel).

Health

Keep body and soul together, keep on one's legs; enjoy good health, enjoy a good state of health; have a clean bill of health.

Physical Pleasure

Verb: feel pleasure, experience pleasure, receive pleasure; enjoy, relish; luxuriate in, revel in, riot in, bask in, swim in, drink up, eat up, wallow in; feast on; gloat over, float on; smack the lips.

Pleasure

Verb: be pleased; feel pleasure, experience pleasure; Noun: joy; enjoy oneself, hug oneself; be in clover; be in elysium; tread on enchanted ground; fall into raptures, go into raptures.

Be pleased; with; receive pleasure, derive pleasure; n. from; take pleasure; n. in; delight in, rejoice in, indulge in, luxuriate in; gloat over; (physical pleasure); enjoy, relish, like; love; take to, take a fancy to; have a liking for; enter into the spirit of.

Possession

Verb: possess, have, hold, occupy, enjoy; be possessed of; Adjective: have in hand; Adjective: own; command.

State

Verb: be in a state, possess a state, enjoy a state, labor under a state; Noun: be on a footing, do, fare; come to pass.

Crosswords: Enjoy

Pidgin English (to enjoy).

Can't we forget work for one night and take this moment to enjoy each other as friends (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.)

I'm going to enjoy watching you die, Mr. Anderson (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

Enjoy it. Most of us never get to know what it feels like (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

Ive brought them out here to get that stuff, and ive drove them home after they had it. It changes them On they way out here, they sit back and enjoy the ride (Harvey; writing credit: Mary Chase;)

Jerry, enjoy my wife (Liar Liar; writing credit: Paul Guay; Stephen Mazur)

Come on down and enjoy the ride oo oo (Blow Your Mind; performing artist: Baha Men)

'Cause you might enjoy some madness for awhile (You May Be Right; performing artist: Billy Joel)

Jump up enjoy the sound (Request Line; performing artist: Black Eyed Peas)

Hope you enjoy it this time (Stay Together For The Kids; performing artist: Blink-182)

I hope you enjoy this as much as I do (Control; performing artist: Janet Jackson)

The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity. (references; author: Mark Twain)

I only work to enjoy when I am not working. (references; author: unknown)

Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery? (references; author: unknown)

God puts some in places of leadership to shoulder responsibility, not to enjoy privileges. (references; author: unknown)

Some people hate waking up and getting out of bed. I enjoy it. I do it three or four times a day. (references; author: unknown)

So You Want to Enjoy Life (1952)

How to Enjoy Wine (1984)

Enjoy Longevity 300 Years (1975)

ENJOY YOURSELF (performing artist: JACKSONS)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Saved by Soup: More Than 100 Delicious Low-Fat Soup Recipes to Eat and Enjoy Every Day (reference)

• Simplify Your Life: 100 Ways to Slow Down and Enjoy the Things That Really Matter (reference)

• The Rv Cookbook: Over 100 Quick, Easy, and Delicious Recipes to Enjoy on the Road (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• How to Enjoy Camping from Your Very First Trip (reference)

• How to Enjoy Wine (reference)

• Hypnosis-Dr. Rocco's Enjoy Love Making Through Hypnosis (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Enjoy Incubus [EP] [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

• Enjoy Yourself: The Hits of Guy Lombardo [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

All ages enjoy fishing. Credit: Fisheries.

Three generations of fishermen enjoy a day at the Bayport Pier. Credit: Fisheries.

Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Shallow lagoons are excellent places to enjoy the beauty of the estuary. They are part of the dynamic system that makes up the estuary. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Tuskegee Airmen enjoy bittersweet return to Hondo.

Oscar Stevens (left), and Eric Banks (right), NRCS Soil Conservationist, inspect a zucchini squash blossom. Stevens grows a number of unique vegetables. Local restaurants enjoy a white zucchini produced on his farm. Reginald Stevens and Darryl Herrin in t. Credit: Bob Nichols.

Birdwatching is one of the ways people enjoy the wildlife and recreation area surrounding Lake Sugema in the Van Buren-Indian Creek Watershed project. Lake Sugema, built as part of the watershed project, also provides a water supply, fishing and revenue f. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Visitors enjoy the view from the top of the Happy Jack Chalk mine Scotia, NE. Credit: USDA.

Children at John Adams Elementary School in Alexandria, Va. enjoy the school lunch program. Credit: USDA.

Apples are an all-American success story-each of us eats more than 19 pounds of them annually. Thanks to fruit-breeding research, we're able to enjoy more productive, healthy, and flavorful new varieties every year. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Wow, dad look what I caught! Charles Golden and his daughter enjoy a fishing expedition on Lake Pleasant, north of Phoenix, Arizona. Credit: Unknown.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Since, moveover, for God and the amendment of our kingdom and for the better allaying of the quarrel that has arisen between us and our barons, we have granted all these concessions, desirous that they should enjoy them in complete and firm endurance forever, we give and grant to them the underwritten security, namely, that the barons choose five and twenty barons of the kingdom, whomsoever they will, who shall be bound with all their might, to observe and hold, and cause to be observed, the peace and liberties we have granted and confirmed to them by this our present Charter, so that if we, or our justiciar, or our bailiffs or any one of our officers, shall in anything be at fault towards anyone, or shall have broken any one of the articles of this peace or of this security, and the offense be notified to four barons of the foresaid five and twenty, the said four barons shall repair to us (or our justiciar, if we are out of the realm) and, laying the transgression before us, petition to have that transgression redressed without delay. (reference)

But how far has he given it us? To enjoy. (Second Treatise of Government)

Clause 7: Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. (reference)

Amendment VI. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence. (reference)

Egyptian goods entering Germany shall enjoy the treatment accorded to British goods. (reference)

Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It was one of the agreeable recollections of the ball, which she walked about the lawn the next morning to enjoy.

Let every hour be in its place Firm fixed, nor loosely shift, And well enjoy the vacant space, As though a birthday gift

I have the choice to suffer or to enjoy.

I can enjoy her while she 's kind; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes the wings and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away

Shall these enjoy our lands

Enjoy the land, but own it not.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Do things you enjoy, even if you don't feel perfect. (references)

Try easier or shorter versions of activities you enjoy. (references)

They can also make it hard to enjoy talking with friends and family. (references)

Business

Germany and Taiwan both enjoy sizeable market shares. (references)

Products imported from EU countries enjoy no import duties. (references)

Also, American made machines enjoy reputation of good quality. (references)

Children

Korea

In practice children do not enjoy any more civil liberties than adults. (references)

Czech Republic

Girls and boys enjoy equal access to health care and education at all levels. (references)

Maldives

Nevertheless, women enjoy a higher literacy rate (98 percent) than men (96 percent). (references)

Civil Liberties

Liechtenstein

All religious groups enjoy tax-exempt status. (references)

Uzbekistan

These groups enjoy the same rights as other citizens. (references)

Dominican Republic

Public and private universities enjoy broad academic freedom. (references)

Discrimination

Yemen

Entrenched cultural attitudes often affect women's ability to enjoy equal rights. (references)

Cape Verde

However, despite the Government's increasing efforts to enforce all relevant constitutional provisions, it still does not do so effectively, and not all elements of society, particularly women and children, enjoy full protection against discrimination. (references)

Economic History

Switzerland

Service marks also enjoy full protection. (references)

Human Rights

Mongolia

Defendants do not enjoy a presumption of innocence. (references)

Azerbaijan

Family members do not enjoy the right of visitation. (references)

Bulgaria

Human rights monitors continued to enjoy good access to regular prisons. (references)

Indigenous People

Malaysia

Indigenous people (that is, the descendants of the original inhabitants of peninsular region of the country and the Borneo states) generally enjoy the same constitutional rights as the rest of the population. (references)

Congo

The Fundamental Act prohibits discrimination based on ethnicity; however, the indigenous Pygmy ethnic group, who number in the tens of thousands and live primarily in the northern forest regions, do not enjoy equal treatment in the predominantly Bantu society. (references)

Guyana

The Committee especially was concerned that the right of Amerindians to enjoy their own culture was threatened by logging, mining, and delays in the demarcation of their traditional lands, and that in some cases insufficient land is demarcated to enable them to pursue their traditional economic activities. (references)

Minorities

Yugoslavia

Hungarians enjoy considerable autonomy. (references)

Italy

Roma communities complained that their language does not enjoy the same privileged status as that granted to minority languages in the autonomous regions. (references)

Italy

Some traditional minorities, including French and German speaking Alpine communities in the north and a mixture of German and Slovene speakers in the northeast, enjoy special autonomous status. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

Women enjoy equal access to education. (references)

Greece

Residents enjoy a high standard of living. (references)

CZECH REPUBLIC

As of 2001, EU industrial products enjoy duty-free status. (references)

Political Rights

Honduras

This was the first time in the country's electoral history that the President's party did not enjoy an outright majority in Congress. (references)

Burma

In contrast with these figures, the CRPP claimed in September 2000 to enjoy the support of 433 of the 485 members-elect of parliament. (references)

Costa Rica

The country's 100,000 Afro-Caribbeans, who mostly reside in that province, enjoy full rights of citizenship, including the protection of laws against racial discrimination. (references)

Trade

Norway

Commercial banks enjoy a very close relationship with trade and industry. (references)

Uruguay

Export sales of certain domestic products enjoy tax exemptions and special credits. (references)

Austria

Foreign firms enjoy access to Austrian credit and capital markets without restrictions. (references)

Travel

Belgium

By taking reasonable precautions, visitors should enjoy a peaceful stay. (references)

Armenia

Most parts of Yerevan already enjoy reliable direct-dial telephone service. (references)

Spain

Madrid and Barcelona enjoy excellent railway systems in their metropolitan areas. (references)

Women

Singapore

Muslim women enjoy most of the rights and protections of the Women's Charter. (references)

Botswana

Women legally enjoy the same civil rights as men; however, in practice societal discrimination persists. (references)

Czech Republic

Women are equal under the law and in principle women enjoy equal property, inheritance, and other rights with men. (references)

Worker Rights

Pakistan

Large numbers of workers do not enjoy these benefits. (references)

Zambia

Workers engaged in illegal strikes do not enjoy this protection. (references)

Azerbaijan

Foreign workers are protected under the law and enjoy the same rights as citizens. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "enjoy": enjoy a good state of health ♦ enjoy good health ♦ enjoy good reputation ♦ enjoy intimacy ♦ enjoy it! ♦ enjoy one's foot ♦ enjoy oneself ♦ enjoy oneself hugely ♦ enjoy to the full ♦ enjoy yourself! ♦ enjoy yourselves! ♦ might as well relax and enjoy it ♦ To enjoy one's self. Additional references.

Ending with "enjoy": Lean-back-and-enjoy.

Afrikaans

geniet (be glad, delight in, rejoice). (various references)

Albanian

shijoj (rejoice, relish, savor, savour, taste), pëlqej (affect, approve, fancy, Favor, favour, like, love, please, relish, take to), kam (bear, carry, get, have, keep, own, possess), gëzoj (cheer, Chirk, delight, gladden, hearten, make glad, overjoy, warm). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نعم ب (bask), ‏تمتع (bask, belong, fruition, fullness, fulness, possession, rejoice), ‏إستمتع (entertain, gratify, hug, relish, reload, revel, slaver over). (various references)

Asturian

antroxar (to enjoy). (various references)

Bemba

ukusekela (to enjoy). (various references)

Blackfoot

yahsssapi (to enjoy). (various references)

Bulgarian 

радвам се на (groove, taste), върша с удоволствие, обичам (affect, be fond of, care, care for, like, love, taste), наслаждавам се на (rejoice in), забавлявам се (be amused, have fun, play, roll about, sport, step out), прекарвам добре (have a good time), изпитвам удоволствие от (taste). (various references)

Cebuano

magpahimulos (to enjoy). (various references)

Chamorro

para ma gosa (to enjoy). (various references)

Chinese 

享用 (Enjoyed, Enjoying), 享有 , 享 . (various references)

Cornish

omlowenhe (to enjoy). (various references)

Czech

užívat èeho, tìšit se z, požívat, líbit se (attract, like, love, please, pleasure, relish), chutnat (taste). (various references)

Danish

nyde (delight in). (various references)

Dutch

genieten van (be glad, delight in, rejoice). (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua

cushicuna (to enjoy). (various references)

Esperanto

ĝui (delight in), ĝoji (be glad, rejoice). (various references)

Faeroese

njóta (delight in, relish), gleða seg (be glad, rejoice), gleða (be glad, rejoice), frøast (be glad, rejoice), frøa (be glad, rejoice). (various references)

Farsi 

لذت بردن (Pleasure, Revel), دارابودن (Contain, Encompass, Have, Owe, Own), بهره مندشدن از (Impart), برخوردارشدن از, برخوردارشدن . (various references)

Finnish

nauttia (delight in, enjoy take). (various references)

French

jouir de, jouir. (various references)

Frisian

geniete (to enjoy). (various references)

German

genießen (delight in, drink, eat, feed, lap up, relish, savor, savour, soak up, to enjoy, to relish, to savor). (various references)

Greek 

απολαμβάνω (bask, luxuriate, relish). (various references)

Hebrew 

להתענג (delight, indulge, relish), להנות (benefit, please, relish, take pleasure in). (various references)

Hungarian

tetszik (like, take it or leave it, to be bats about sg, to be bats over sg, to like, to list, to please, to relish), kedvét leli, élvez (luxuriate, relish, to enjoy, to luxuriate, to rejoice at sg, to rejoice over sg, to relish). (various references)

Indonesian

suka, menikmati (benefit from), bergemar (have a good time), berenak-enak. (various references)

Inuktitut

aliinnaigusukluni (to enjoy). (various references)

Italian

provar piacere di, gustare (relish, savor, savour, taste), gradire (accept, appreciate, be pleased with, choose, fancy, like, welcome), godere (be delighted, please, take delight), fruire, divertirsi a, dilettare (dabble, delight, give pleasure to). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

エルピー盤 (aerogram, angel, elbow, Electone, Electra complex, electric, electric guitar, electricity, electroluminescence, electron, electronic, electronic banking, electronic cooking, electronic cottage, electronic file, electronic mail, electronic money, electronic music, electronic office, electronic sound, electronics, elegance, elegant, elegy, element, elementary, elevation, elevator, elf, elm, elocution, elven, encapsulation, enclosure, encode, encoder, encoding, encounter, encyclopedia, engage, engagement, engagement ring, engine, engine brake, engineer, engineering, engineering plastics, erect, erection, erogenous zone, Eroica, Eros, erotic, erotic and grotesque, erotic and grotesque nonsense, erotic production, erotica, eroticism, erotism, erotomania, Herman, Hermes, ignition key, long-playing record, LP). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

エンジョイ . (various references)

Kongo

ku-yangalala (to enjoy). (various references)

Korean 

유열하십시요. (various references)

Macedonian

uziva (to enjoy). (various references)

Manx

goaill soylley. (various references)

Maya

cha'ant (to enjoy). (various references)

Norwegian

nyte, glede seg ved. (various references)

Papago

hohho'ith (to enjoy). (various references)

Papiamen

gosa (delight in), djòdjò (delight in). (various references)

Pidgin English

enjoy (to enjoy). (various references)

Pig Latin

enjoyay.(various references)

Polish

radować się (be glad, rejoice), cieszyć się (be glad, rejoice). (various references)

Portuguese

ter (accept, do with, give birth, hang onto, have, have got, hold, own, possess, receive, take, to have), gozar (come, possess), divertir-se (dally, disport oneself, feast, flirt, frolic, fun, gambol, have fun, jollify, lark, merry-make, move, play, recreate, wassail), desfrutar, curtir (curry, endure, suffer, tan), apreciar (appreciate, apprise, apprize, care, censure, criticize, esteem, give value, like, prize, relish, review, think well of, value), aprecíe. (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

divirta-se (enjoy yourself). (various references)

Quechua

kakuy (enjoy yourstay). (various references)

Romanian

se bucura (be glad, gloat, rejoice). (various references)

Romansch

giudair (to enjoy). (various references)

Romany

dehàv (to enjoy). (various references)

Ruanda

kuryohegwa (to enjoy). (various references)

Russian 

обладать (have, own, possess, rejoice), нравиться (enjoyed, have appeal, like, please), наслаждаться (bask, delight, luxuriate, take pleasure in), получать удовольствие (derive pleasure, enjoy it, relish). (various references)

Samoan

e tailelei (to enjoy). (various references)

Scottish

sealbhaich (acquire), meal (possess). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uživati (bask, delight, dig, like, relish, savor, take pleasure in), gustirati. (various references)

Sicilian

gudiri (to enjoy). (various references)

Sotho

natefelwa (enjoy her stay). (various references)

Spanish

disfrutar (bask, delight in, take pleasure in), gozar (earn, joy, take). (various references)

Swazi

kú-jabúlela (to enjoy). (various references)

Swedish

njuta av (relish, revel, savor, savour), njuta (be delighted, be glad, delight, rejoice), avnjuta (savor, savour), åtnjuta. (various references)

Thai

เพลิดเพลินกับ. (various references)

Tswana

rata (like). (various references)

Turkish

zevk almak (appreciate, delight, feast, indulge, revel, take pleasure), yararlanmak (avail oneself of smth., benefit, capitalize, impose, make use of, parlay, pass over, pass up, practice on, practice upon, practise on, practise upon, profit, profit by, put account, refer, rejoice in, take advantage of, turn to account, use, utilize), tadını çıkarmak (bask, discuss, drink in, feast, make the most of it, relish, savor, savour), tadına varmak (discuss, relish), sevmek (affect, be fond of, be sweet on smb., care, caress, dandle, fancy, fondle, like, love, pet), sahip olmak (be possessed of, have, own, possess, possess oneself of), hoşuna gitmek (appeal, delight, humor, humour, like, please, suit, take pleasure, take with), hoşlanmak (affect, be attracted, be partial to, be pleased with, be taken by, be taken with, care, click, delight, dig, fancy, have a liking for smb., like, relish, take a fancy to, take a shine to smb., take to), haz almak (be delighted, feast, indulge, take pleasure), beğenmek (applaud, appreciate, approve, care, decide on, decide up, like, relish). (various references)

Turkmen 

юatlanmak, hezel etmek. (various references)

Ukrainian

користуватися (make use of, participate, profit, take, wield), насолоджуватися (luxuriate, revel, wallow). (various references)

Welsh

mwynhau. (various references)

delectabar, delectaberis, delectabit, delectabitur, delectabor, delectabunt, delectabuntur, delectamini, delectans, delectare, delectari, delectaris, delectasti, delectat, delectata, delectati, delectatur, delectatus, delectaverunt, delectentur, delecteris, fruamur, fruar, fruaris, fruatur, fructu, fructum, fructus, fructusque, fruere, frueretur, frueris, frui, fruitus, frunescentes, gaudere, gusta, gustabit, gustabunt, gustans, gustare, gustaret, gustassent, gustasset, gustastis, gustata, gustate, gustatum, gustaturos, gustaverim, gustaveris, gustavero, gustaverunt, gustavi, gustavit, hierusa, husam, husi, occupo, perfruere, perfrueris, perfruetur, perfruitus, salusa, usi, usu, usum, usura, usuram, usuras, usurasne, usuris, usus, utamur, utantur, utatur, utebantur, utebatur, utens, utentesque, utentur, utere, utetur, uti, utique, utitur, utor, utor, uti, usus, utuntur, vescamini, vescamur, vescar, vescaris, vescatur, vescebantur, vescebatur, vescemini, vescendi, vescendum, vescentes, vescentibus, vescentur, vescere, vesceretur, vesceris, vescetur, vesci, vescimini, vescuntur. (various references)

brucan, notian. (various references)

enjoir. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "enjoy": enjoyable, enjoyableness, enjoyablenesses, enjoyably, enjoyed, enjoyer, enjoyers, enjoying, enjoyment, enjoyments, enjoys. (additional references)

Words ending with "enjoy": reenjoy. (additional references)

Words containing "enjoy": reenjoyed, reenjoying, reenjoys. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Enjoy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anjo, anjoy, ejo, emjoi, enboy, encou, encoy, enfo, Engai, engo, enho, enj, Enja, enjer, enjo, enjoi, enjoiy, enjoye, enou, enoy, Enyo, enyoj, esjoy, Eunjoo, Gerjuoy, Ienjoy, injoy, Injoyd, Menjou, neoy, Njoya. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: jeon, joey.

-2 letters: eon, joe, joy, one, yen, yon.

-3 letters: en, jo, ne, no, oe, on, oy, ye, yo.

+1 letter: enjoys.

+2 letters: enjoyed, enjoyer, joinery, journey, joyance, reenjoy.

+3 letters: enjoyers, enjoying, journeys, joyances, reenjoys.

+4 letters: enjoyable, enjoyably, enjoyment, jockeying, jointedly, journeyed, journeyer, joyridden, reenjoyed.

+5 letters: enjoyments, johnnycake, journeyers, journeying, journeyman, journeymen, joyfulness, joyousness, overjoying, reenjoying.