Enjoy Meaning
/ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
verbTo have the use or benefit of something.
Sentence Examples
I'm glad you enjoy skiing, but I guess it's just not my cup of tea.
Did you enjoy your holiday?
The land will remain untouched for future generations to enjoy.
CEFR Practice Quiz
We hope you will ____ the magnificent view from this mountain trail.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I really ____ spending my weekends hiking in the beautiful green mountains.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English enjoyen, from Old French enjoier, anjoier, enjoer (“to give joy, receive with joy, rejoice”), equivalent to en- + joy.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"And we shall sit at endless feast,
Enjoying each the other’s good;
What vaster dream can hit the mood
Of Love on earth?"
— 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLVI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 69:
"It is not a crime to enjoy some bacon or a trout or what have you."
— 2008, Christopher Paolini, “To Walk the Land Alone”, in Brisingr, page 73:
"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."
— 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
"that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers"
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 36:8:
"Night and day were the same in this prison room, but Tommy's wrist-watch, which enjoyed a certain degree of accuracy, informed him that it was nine o'clock in the evening."
— 1922, Agatha Christie, “Chapter 17”, in The Secret Adversary:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
We hope you will ____ the magnificent view from this mountain trail.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I really ____ spending my weekends hiking in the beautiful green mountains.