enjoyverb [ T ]
uk/ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/us/ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/enjoy verb [ T ] (PLEASURE)
A1 to get pleasure from something:
I really enjoyed that movie/book/concert/party/meal.
[ + -ing verb ] I want to travel because I enjoy meeting people and seeing new places.
enjoy yourself
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- I'm ready to go home now but I don't want to drag you away if you're enjoying yourself.
- The beer festival was a huge open-air event with music, stalls and everyone enjoying themselves.
- Time passes so quickly when you're enjoying yourself.
- Don't be spoilsport - let the children enjoy themselves a little!
- We all enjoyed ourselves tremendously at the party.
A2 to get pleasure from the situation that you are in:
I don't think Marie is enjoying herself very much at school.
Come on, why aren't you dancing? Enjoy yourselves!
enjoy! informal
something you say to someone when you have given that person something and you want them to enjoy it:
Here are your drinks. Enjoy!
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- I used to enjoy going to the theatre, but I don't get much opportunity now.
- After a hard day's work I enjoy a beer or two.
- "It was very kind of you to look after the baby all day." "Oh, it was nothing, I enjoyed it."
- I enjoyed my course at first, but after a time I got bored with it.
- The whole family was enjoying a leisurely stroll in the sunshine.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Taking pleasure in something
- bask
- bask in sth
- bask/bathe in reflected glory idiom
- be a glutton for punishment idiom
- be a great one for sth idiom
- drool
- ecstasy
- flatter
- glutton
- have a ball idiom
- have a field day idiom
- have a rare old time idiom
- hedonic
- lap
- relish
- revel
- revel in sth
- ride (on) a wave of sth idiom
- self-indulgent
- soak
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Linguistics: interjections
enjoy verb [ T ] (GOOD THING)
C2 to have something good or lucky:
Even though he's 86, he enjoys excellent health.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Experiencing and suffering
- afflict
- affliction
- almost/nearly die of sth idiom
- be a martyr to sth idiom
- be a victim of your own success idiom
- be devoured by sth idiom
- count
- get the short end of the stick idiom
- get/have your fingers burned idiom
- go through sth
- grip
- hands-on
- ride
- sample
- seat
- sense
- undergo
- underwent
- ups and downs
- writhe
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