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enjoying

UK/ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.ɪŋ/

enjoying is the present participle and gerund of enjoy.

Meaning of enjoy

Verb

enjoy (third-person singular simple present enjoys, present participle enjoying, simple past and past participle enjoyed)

  1. (transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
    • Enjoy your holidays! I very much enjoy dancing.
  2. (transitive) To have the use or benefit of something.
    • I plan to go travelling while I still enjoy good health.
    Synonyms:
    rejoice
  3. (India, intransitive) To be satisfied or receive pleasure; to have fun.
    • I enjoyed a lot.
  4. (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
    • Never did thy Beautie[…]so enflame my sense With ardor to enjoy thee.1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
    Synonyms:
    coitize

Words formed from enjoying

Phrases with enjoying

Words that rhyme with enjoying

Questions about enjoying

What is enjoying the present participle and gerund of?
Enjoying is the present participle and gerund of enjoy.
How do you pronounce enjoying?
Enjoying is pronounced /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.ɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near enjoying in the dictionary

  1. enjoyer
  2. enjoyers
  3. enjoyest
  4. enjoyful
  5. enjoyin'
  6. enjoying
  7. enjoying oneself
  8. enjoyingly
  9. enjoyment
  10. enjoyments
  11. enjoyn

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Adapted from Wiktionary: enjoying (page history and authors); enjoy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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