Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or state of enjoying.
- noun Use or possession of something beneficial or pleasurable.
- noun Something that gives pleasure.
- noun Law The receipt of the benefits of a property, such as ownership or use.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of enjoying; pleasurable emotion or sensation; followed by of, a viewing or experiencing with pleasure or delight: as, her enjoyment was manifest; enjoyment of a play, or of a good dinner.
- noun The possession, use, or occupancy of anything with satisfaction or pleasure; in law, the exercise of a right: as, the enjoyment of an estate, or of civil and religious privileges.
- noun That which gives pleasure or satisfaction; cause of joy or gratification; delight: as, the enjoyments of life.
- noun Synonyms Pleasure, gratification, happiness, satisfaction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use.
- noun That which gives pleasure or keen satisfaction.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The condition of
enjoying anything. - noun uncountable An enjoyable state of mind.
- noun countable An activity that gives
pleasure . - noun law The
exercise of alegal right
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the pleasure felt when having a good time
- noun act of receiving pleasure from something
- noun (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
Etymologies
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Examples
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My theme is humble, though the audience to whom I desire to speak is large: for I speak to the ordinary reader with ordinary capacities and ordinary leisure, to whom reading is, or ought to be, not a business but a pleasure; and my theme is the enjoyment -- not, mark you, the improvement, nor the glory, nor the profit, but the _enjoyment_ -- which may be derived by such an one from books.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3
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But our enjoyment is as beautiful listening to a variety of songs on a CD as it is reading a collection of poems.
Book Talking : Kwame Dawes : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation
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There are some of you who know how much what you call enjoyment has cost you.
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The less pleasure the enjoyment is the less pain the disappointment will be.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
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Wine enjoyment is about more than just the wine itself.
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Wine enjoyment is about more than just the wine itself.
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Wine enjoyment is about more than just the wine itself.
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Wine enjoyment is about more than just the wine itself.
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Wine enjoyment is about more than just the wine itself.
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Wine enjoyment is about more than just the wine itself.
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