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- DictionaryEn·ter·tain·ment/ˌen(t)ərˈtānmənt/
noun
- 1. the action of providing or being provided with amusement or enjoyment: "everyone just sits in front of the TV for entertainment"
The meaning of ENTERTAINMENT is amusement or diversion provided especially by performers. How to use entertainment in a sentence.
Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but it is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience's attention.
the activity of taking customers or possible customers out to restaurants, bars, theatres, etc. as a way of encouraging them to do business with you: Each manager has a fixed entertainment budget. The company is cutting back on money spent on corporate entertainment this year.
Entertainment definition: the act of entertaining; agreeable occupation for the mind; diversion; amusement. See examples of ENTERTAINMENT used in a sentence.
Definition of entertainment noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
ENTERTAINMENT meaning: 1 : amusement or pleasure that comes from watching a performer, playing a game, etc.; 2 : the act of amusing or entertaining people.
Entertainment is amusement, usually involving a performance. The clown at a birthday party, a Broadway show, a stadium rock concert, your friends fighting over the last potato chip––these are all forms of entertainment.
Entertainment consists of performances of plays and films, and activities such as reading and watching television, that give people pleasure.
entertainment. noun. /ˌɛntərˈteɪnmənt/. [uncountable, countable] movies, music, etc. used to entertain people; an example of this radio, television, and other forms of entertainment There will be live entertainment at the party. It was typical family entertainment.
1. The act of entertaining. 2. The art or field of entertaining. 3. Something that amuses, pleases, or diverts, especially a performance or show. 4. The pleasure afforded by being entertained; amusement: The comedian performed for our entertainment. 5. Archaic Maintenance; support. 6. Obsolete Employment.
