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enjoying oneself

enjoying oneself is the present participle and gerund of enjoy oneself.

Meaning of enjoy oneself

Verb

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

  1. To take pleasure in something; to have feelings of enjoyment.
    • They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9

Questions about enjoying oneself

What is enjoying oneself the present participle and gerund of?
Enjoying oneself is the present participle and gerund of enjoy oneself.

Words near enjoying oneself in the dictionary

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

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