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entertainment

[ en-ter-teyn-muhnt ]

noun

  1. the act of entertaining; entertaining; agreeable occupation for the mind; diversion; amusement:

    Solving the daily crossword puzzle is an entertainment for many.

  2. something affording pleasure, diversion, or amusement, especially a performance of some kind:

    The highlight of the ball was an elaborate entertainment.

  3. hospitable provision for the needs and wants of guests.
  4. a divertingly adventurous, comic, or picaresque novel.
  5. Obsolete. maintenance in service.


entertainment

/ ˌɛԳəˈٱɪԳəԳ /

noun

  1. the act or art of entertaining or state of being entertained
  2. an act, production, etc, that entertains; diversion; amusement
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ԴDze·ٱ·ٲmԳ noun adjective
  • e·ٱ·ٲmԳ noun
  • -t·ٲmԳ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of entertainment1

First recorded in 1525–35; entertain + -ment
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Example Sentences

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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.

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It is also home to leading technological innovation, the centre of the world's entertainment industry and the country's two largest seaports.

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Phil became what few others in the arts or entertainment remain — conveyors of authentically good news.

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Maybe that’s because the executive producer credit is one of the entertainment industry’s most opaque titles.

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Coming out remains extremely rare in South Korea's highly-pressurised entertainment industry.

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