enjoy a pleasure

  • 1pleasure — noun 1 enjoyment ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, deep, enormous, great, intense ▪ It gives me enormous pleasure to welcome my next guest. ▪ genuine …

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  • 2Enjoy — En*joy , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enjoyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enjoying}.] [OF. enjoier to receive with joy; pref. en (L. in) + OF. & F. joie joy: cf. OF. enjoir to enjoy. See {Joy}.] 1. To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience… …

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  • 3enjoy yourself — phrase to get pleasure from an event or experience I haven’t enjoyed myself so much for a long time. Thesaurus: to enjoy something, or to enjoy yourselfsynonym Main entry: enjoy * * * enjoy yourself : to have a good time : to spend time doing… …

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  • 4Enjoy the Silence — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda «Enjoy the Silence» Sencillo de Depeche Mode del álbum Violator Lado B Memphisto y Sibeling Publicación 5 de febrero de 1990 en Inglater …

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  • 5enjoy — (v.) late 14c., rejoice, be glad (intransitive), from O.Fr. enjoir to give joy, rejoice, take delight in, from en make (see EN (Cf. en ) (1)) + joir enjoy, from L. gaudere rejoice (see JOY (Cf. joy)); Sense of have the use or benefit of …

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  • 6enjoy — [en joi′, injoi′] vt. [ME enjoien < OFr enjoir < en , in + joir, to rejoice < L gaudere, to be glad: see JOY] 1. to have or experience with joy; get pleasure from; relish 2. to have the use or benefit of; have as one s lot or advantage… …

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  • 7enjoy — ► VERB 1) take pleasure in. 2) (enjoy oneself) have a pleasant time. 3) possess and benefit from: these professions enjoy high status. DERIVATIVES enjoyment noun. ORIGIN Old French enjoier give joy to or enjoïr enjoy …

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  • 8enjoy — [v1] take pleasure in, from something adore, appreciate, be entertained, be fond of, be pleased, cotton to*, delight in, dig*, dote on*, drink in*, eat up*, fancy, flip over*, freak out on*, get a charge out of*, get a kick out of*, get high on* …

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  • 9pleasure — noun 1 ENJOYMENT (U) the feeling of happiness or satisfaction that you get from an experience you enjoy: The children used to get a lot of pleasure out of that game when they were young. | give/bring pleasure: Small gifts give pleasure and don t… …

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  • 10Pleasure — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Pleasure >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 pleasure pleasure gratification enjoyment fruition Sgm: N 1 oblectation oblectation delectation Sgm: N 1 relish relish zest Sgm: N 1 gusto gusto …

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