1 VERB If you enjoin someone to do something, you order them to do it. If you enjoin an action or attitude, you order people to do it or have it. [FORMAL ] □ [V n to-inf] She enjoined me strictly not to tell anyone else. □ [V n] He enjoined a moral code of compassion and consideration. □ [V -ed] The positive neutrality enjoined on the force has now been overtaken by events.
2 VERB If a judge enjoins someone from doing something, they order them not to do it. If a judge enjoins an action, they order people not to do it. [AM , FORMAL ] □ [V n + from ] The judge enjoined Varityper from using the ad in any way. □ [V n] …a preliminary injunction enjoining the practice.
en|joy ◆◆◇ / I ndʒɔ I / (enjoys , enjoying , enjoyed )
1 VERB If you enjoy something, you find pleasure and satisfaction in doing it or experiencing it. □ [V n] Ross had always enjoyed the company of women. □ [V v-ing] I enjoyed playing cricket.
2 VERB If you enjoy yourself , you do something that you like doing or you take pleasure in the situation that you are in. □ [V pron-refl] I must say I am really enjoying myself at the moment.
3 VERB If you enjoy something such as a right, benefit, or privilege, you have it. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] The average German will enjoy 40 days' paid holiday this year. SYNONYMS enjoy VERB 1
like: What music do you like best?
relish: He ate quietly, relishing his meal.
delight in: Generations of adults and children have delighted in the story.
revel in: Revelling in her freedom, she took a hotel room and stayed for several days.
en|joy|able / I ndʒɔ I əb ə l/ ADJ Something that is enjoyable gives you pleasure. □ It was much more enjoyable than I had expected. ● en|joy|ably ADV [ADV adj, ADV with v] □ …an enjoyably nasty thriller. □ …the place in which he has enjoyably spent his working life.
en|joy|ment / I ndʒɔ I mənt/ N‑UNCOUNT Enjoyment is the feeling of pleasure and satisfaction that you have when you do or experience something that you like. □ [+ of ] I apologise if your enjoyment of the movie was spoiled.
en|large / I nlɑː r dʒ/ (enlarges , enlarging , enlarged )
1 VERB When you enlarge something or when it enlarges , it becomes bigger. □ [V n] …the plan to enlarge Ewood Park into a 30,000 all-seater stadium. □ [V ] The glands in the neck may enlarge. ● en|larged ADJ □ The U.N. secretary-general yesterday recommended an enlarged peacekeeping force.
2 VERB If you enlarge on something that has been mentioned, you give more details about it. [FORMAL ] □ [V + on/upon ] He didn't enlarge on the form that the interim government and assembly would take. [Also V ]
en|large|ment / I nlɑː r dʒmənt/ (enlargements )
1 N‑UNCOUNT The enlargement of something is the process or result of making it bigger. □ [+ of ] There is insufficient space for enlargement of the buildings.
2 N‑COUNT An enlargement is a photograph that has been made bigger.
en|larg|er / I nlɑ r dʒə r / (enlargers ) N‑COUNT An enlarger is a device which makes an image larger.
en|light|en / I nla I t ə n/ (enlightens , enlightening , enlightened ) VERB [no cont] To enlighten someone means to give them more knowledge and greater understanding about something. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] A few dedicated doctors have fought for years to enlighten the profession. □ [V n] If you know what is wrong with her, please enlighten me. ● en|light|en|ing ADJ [usu ADJ n] □ …an enlightening talk on the work done at the animal park.
en|light|ened / I nla I t ə nd/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe someone or their attitudes as enlightened , you mean that they have sensible, modern attitudes and ways of dealing with things. [APPROVAL ] □ Enlightened companies include their human resources in their estimation of the firm's worth.
en|light|en|ment / I nla I t ə nmənt/
1 N‑UNCOUNT Enlightenment means the act of enlightening or the state of being enlightened. □ Stella had a moment of enlightenment.
2 N‑UNCOUNT In Buddhism, enlightenment is a final spiritual state in which everything is understood and there is no more suffering or desire. □ …a sense of deep peace and spiritual enlightenment.
en|list / I nl I st/ (enlists , enlisting , enlisted )
1 VERB If someone enlists or is enlisted , they join the army, navy, marines, or air force. □ [V + in ] Six days after war was declared, he enlisted in the 5th Battalion The Cameronians and was sent to France. □ [V + as ] He enlisted as a private in the army. □ [be V -ed] Three thousand men were enlisted. □ [V ] He decided to enlist.
2 VERB If you enlist the help of someone, you persuade them to help or support you in doing something. □ [V n] I had to cut down a tree and enlist the help of seven neighbours to get it out of the garden! □ [V n to-inf] I've read that you've enlisted some 12-year-olds to help out in your campaign.
en|list|ed / I nl I st I d/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] An enlisted man or woman is a member of the United States armed forces who is below the rank of officer.
en|list|ment / I nl I stmənt/ (enlistments )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Enlistment is the act of joining the army, navy, marines, or air force. □ Canadians seek enlistment in the U.S. Marines because they don't see as much opportunity in the Canadian armed forces.