Past tense of enjoy
regular verb
The past tense of enjoy is enjoyed. The past participle is also enjoyed.
Forms of enjoy
| Base form (V1) | enjoy /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | enjoyed /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | enjoyed /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪd/ |
| Present participle | enjoying /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.ɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | enjoys /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪz/ |
Enjoyed in a sentence
- I've really enjoyed you and your sister showing me around.
- 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
- We thoroughly enjoyed our vacation in Britain. We visited England, Wales, and Scotland.From the entry England
- I enjoyed it so much I went again the next day.From the entry again
- We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind.From the entry fan
Meaning of enjoy
- verb To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
- verb To have the use or benefit of something.
- verb To be satisfied or receive pleasure; to have fun.
Questions about the past tense of enjoy
- What is the past tense of enjoy?
- The past tense of enjoy is enjoyed.
- What is the past participle of enjoy?
- The past participle of enjoy is enjoyed.
- Is enjoy a regular or irregular verb?
- Enjoy is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: enjoy (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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