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Spell Bee Word: Enjoy


Basic Details

Word: Enjoy

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To get pleasure from something; also to have something good, such as good health.

Synonyms: like, love, relish, savour

Antonyms: dislike, hate, detest

How to Spell Enjoy

Syllables: en - joy

Tricky part: It is en + joy, so it starts en-, not in-, and ends oy, not oi.

Watch out for: injoy, enjoi, enjoye

Memory tip: Joy is inside it: en + joy. When you enjoy something it fills you with joy.

Usage Examples

Example 1: We enjoy long walks on Juhu beach in the evening.

Example 2: Grandma still enjoys good health at eighty.

Example 3: The players enjoyed a well-earned rest after the final.

Fun Fact

Enjoy came into English from Old French enjoir, to give joy, and joy itself goes back to the Latin gaudium, gladness.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word enjoy as used in the sentence:

Most of my classmates enjoy the weekly science quiz, even when the questions are hard.

a) dislike
b) love
c) relish
d) savour

Show answer

a) dislike. Relish, love and savour all mean taking pleasure; dislike means finding the quiz no fun at all.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters in the sentence:

My younger brother would jnyoe a trip to the planetarium more than any gift.

a) enjoy
b) annoy
c) employ
d) envoy

Show answer

a) enjoy. With a j among the five letters, only enjoy can be formed; envoy needs a v.

Word Makeup

Only one of these words takes the prefix en- to make a real word. Choose it:

en-

a) glad
b) happy
c) cheer
d) joy

Show answer

d) joy. En + joy gives enjoy; happy, glad and cheer never take en- in front.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When we say a town enjoys clean air, enjoys means ____.

a) is selling
b) has the benefit of
c) is unhappy with
d) is short of

Show answer

b) has the benefit of

2. What is the noun formed from enjoy?

a) enjoyable
b) enjoyment
c) enjoyed
d) enjoys

Show answer

b) enjoyment

Associated Words

arrestedsolutionwhereinvestigatorheartfelt
adverselikedborrowingoutspokendictum

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