(v. t.) To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainties of a feast; to enjoy conversation.
(v. t.) To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy or have the benefit of, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirable; as, to enjoy a free constitution and religious liberty.
(v. t.) To have sexual intercourse with.
(v. i.) To take satisfaction; to live in happiness.
Example Sentences:
(1) Over the past decade, the quinolone antimicrobial class has enjoyed a renaissance with the emergence of the fluoroquinolone subclass.
(2) They include two leading Republican hopefuls for the presidential race in 2016, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio; three of them enjoy A+ rankings from the NRA and a further eight are listed A. Rand Paul of Kentucky The junior senator's penchant for filibusters became famous during his nearly 13-hour speech against the use unmanned drones, and he is one of three senators who sent an initial missive to Reid , warning him of another verbose round.
(3) Of course it is important to ensure shareholders enjoy the benefits of investing in the company, they are the owners.
(4) As a strategy to reach hungry schoolchildren, and increase domestic food production, household incomes and food security in deprived communities, the GSFP has become a very popular programme with the Ghanaian public, and enjoys solid commitment from the government.
(5) #kflead May 21, 2014 The King's Fund IKS (@kingsfund_lib) Hope you enjoyed @GregSearle2012 's #kflead workshop!
(6) The nurses who enjoyed the field most were of the androgynous or masculine type and had high levels of self-esteem.
(7) For now however, what’s left of their fan base are enjoying a rare burst of sunshine.
(8) Until the bell, 19-year-old Lizzie Armitstead figured strongly in a leading group of 12 that at one point enjoyed a two-minute lead, racing comfortably alongside the Olympic time-trial champion Kristin Armstrong.
(9) They anticipated the following scenario: a struggling club fires its manager and enjoys an immediate upsurge.
(10) Those are our picks, but what have you been enjoying on Android this week?
(11) With this technique, both FP and UC patients enjoyed excellent or good function in 90% of the cases.
(12) I suppose he’ll have to go to QPR.” Lampard released a statement confirming his departure from Chelsea that read: “When I arrived at this fantastic club 13 years ago I would never have believed that I would be fortunate enough to play so many games and enjoy sharing in so much success.
(13) Delabole residents Susan and John Theobald said: “We’ve always enjoyed being around the turbines and have often walked right up to them with our dogs.
(14) As well as enjoying access to a number of RAF bases, the agency has been flying in and out of civilian airports across the country.
(15) The survey also found that department stores – which include general retailers such as Marks & Spencer as well as traditional outlets such as John Lewis – had enjoyed their strongest surge in sales for 30 years.
(16) In an official response to the EU Brexit negotiating team, British in Europe and the3million have said that if May’s proposal is adopted it would represent a “severe reduction of the current rights” enjoyed by Britons in Europe.
(17) We’ve got to enjoy this because we might never get the opportunity to do this again.
(18) As well as a portrait of Austen, the new note will include images of her writing desk and quills at Chawton Cottage, in Hampshire, where she lived; her brother's home, Godmersham Park, which she visited often, and is thought to have inspired some of her novels, and a quote from Miss Bingley, in Pride and Prejudice: "I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!"
(19) The latest filed accounts show Coates and her family have started to enjoy the fruits of their labour, sharing almost £75m in dividends over three years.
(20) Saudi Arabia As one might imagine, Saudi television rather wants for the bounty we enjoy here - reality shows in which footballers' mistresses administer handjobs to barnyard animals, and all those other things which make living in the godless west such a pleasure.
Foretaste
Definition:
(n.) A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.
(v. t.) To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.
(v. t.) To taste before another.
Example Sentences:
(1) A foretaste of discontent came when Florian Thauvin, the underachieving £13m winger signed from Marseille last summer , was serenaded with chants of ‘You’re not fit to wear the shirt” from away fans during Saturday’s FA Cup defeat at Watford .
(2) Abnormal events such as Hurricane Sandy , which cost $65bn (£40bn) and the 2011-12 US drought, which cost $35bn (£21bn) may be just foretasters of the price to be paid.
(3) Viewers in Scotland, deprived of some of its big dramas, are experiencing a foretaste of a watered-down version.
(4) The suspension of children's heart surgery at Leeds general infirmary and the subsequent battle to restart operations is a foretaste of what will become a familiar chain of events in the NHS post Mid-Staffordshire.
(5) To obtain the bailout, Hollande, who insisted he inherited the debts from the right, has had to oversee local cuts and budgetary "rigour", a foretaste, perhaps, of what is to come if he finds himself handling the country's public spending deficit.
(6) As a foretaste, discussions over the justice and home affairs opt-back-in were delayed because Spain raised objections connected to the status of Gibraltar – just the kind of tricky subject that goes unnoticed when everyone is part of the same EU and then becomes extremely awkward when someone decides unilaterally to change the rules of the game.
(7) The criticism he offered last Tuesday offers a foretaste of a line of attack against Clinton that has served him so well already in the campaign.
(8) That means unemployment is going to get a lot worse next year and today's rises are merely a foretaste of things to come.
(9) If these exchanges were any foretaste of the televised debates that will inevitably happen, they might prove to be less than enlightening.
(10) But in saying that he "expects" the two parties to campaign separately at the next general election , he was providing a foretaste of a nightmare for most of Clegg's foot soldiers – come 2015, those Lib Dem MPs who cling to their seats will do so thanks to Cameron's largesse.
(11) "Fifty years after the March on Washington and the 'I have a dream' speech, obviously we've made enormous strides," the president said on Friday, in a foretaste of his speech.
(12) If Dave was having trouble convincing Siemens of his brilliance, it was only a foretaste of the stick he will face from some of his backbenchers.
(13) A foretaste of the arguments likely to erupt came from Guthrie, who told the Guardian: "It was a totally unnecessary war.
(14) Now the facts have started to speak: 11 of the past 14 years have been the warmest on record, the Arctic ice-cap is melting and last year's inflamed oil and food prices provide a foretaste of future havoc.
(15) The brief tabloid fury that followed was a foretaste of the storm that would later break over Jonathan Ross.
(16) Yesterday's package was only a foretaste, but was nonetheless instructive, not least because easy cuts to things like IT programmes represented only a modest proportion of the total.
(17) It is a frightening foretaste of the Tory manifesto and the assault on liberty that could follow an outright Conservative win in 2015, and yet even now – under a coalition with avowed liberals – the bartering away of ancient freedoms is picking up pace, as we will see with today's crunch Commons votes on plans to plunge public courtrooms into darkness.
(18) The criticism aimed at Mark Carney, the Bank’s governor, for his comments during the Scottish and EU referendums are merely a foretaste of what it can expect if another crisis erupts in the next few years.
(19) These cries are a mere foretaste of the horrors ahead, as a close reading of the bill confirms.
(20) Scotland and north-western England are receiving a foretaste of the change, with heavy rain and thunder increasing on Tuesday, and severe weather amber alerts – meaning "be aware" – issued for the whole of Scotland and Northern Ireland.