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enjoy meaning

EN[ɪnˈdʒɔɪ] [ɛnˈdʒɔɪ] [-ɔɪ]
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WEnjoy
  • Enjoy may refer to:
  • Enjoy (play), a comedy by Alan Bennett
  • Enjoy! (Descendents album), or the title song
  • Enjoy! (Jeanette album), or the title song, "Enjoy (Me)"
  • Enjoy, an album by Bob Sinclar
  • "Enjoy" (Janet Jackson song)
  • "Enjoy", a song by Björk from Post
  • Enjoy Records, an American record label
  • Enjoy is a fun thing to do

    Definition of enjoy in English Dictionary

  • VerbSGenjoysPRenjoyingPT, PPenjoyedPREen-
    1. To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
      1. Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.
    2. To have the use or benefit of something.
      1. To have sexual intercourse with.
      2. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • The film had poor write-ups, but I ended up enjoying it anyway.
          • Kate enjoyed the postshot celebration, but after an hour of chatting and grazing the sandwich buffet, fatigue hit hard.
          • The cat enjoys taking a snooze on a sunny windowsill.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Morphemes
          • Prefixes
            • Words by prefix
              • Words prefixed with en-
          • Verbs
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          Source: Wiktionary

          Meaning of enjoy for the defined word.

          Grammatically, this word "enjoy" is a morpheme, more specifically, a prefixe. It's also a verb.
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