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entertainment
[ en-ter-teyn-muhnt ]
noun
- the act of entertaining; entertaining; agreeable occupation for the mind; diversion; amusement:
Solving the daily crossword puzzle is an entertainment for many.
- something affording pleasure, diversion, or amusement, especially a performance of some kind:
The highlight of the ball was an elaborate entertainment.
- hospitable provision for the needs and wants of guests.
- a divertingly adventurous, comic, or picaresque novel.
- Obsolete. maintenance in service.
entertainment
/ ˌɛԳəˈٱɪԳəԳ /
noun
- the act or art of entertaining or state of being entertained
- an act, production, etc, that entertains; diversion; amusement
Other Word Forms
- ԴDze·ٱ·ٲmԳ noun adjective
- e·ٱ·ٲmԳ noun
- -t·ٲmԳ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of entertainment1
Example Sentences
The state’s entertainment industry has spent months begging for help from Sacramento to stem the decline of film and TV production and save thousands of jobs.
It is also home to leading technological innovation, the centre of the world's entertainment industry and the country's two largest seaports.
Phil became what few others in the arts or entertainment remain — conveyors of authentically good news.
Maybe that’s because the executive producer credit is one of the entertainment industry’s most opaque titles.
Coming out remains extremely rare in South Korea's highly-pressurised entertainment industry.
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