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en·ter·tain·ment
(ĕn′tər-tān′mənt)n.
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.
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entertainment
(ˌɛntəˈteɪnmənt)n
1. the act or art of entertaining or state of being entertained
2. an act, production, etc, that entertains; diversion; amusement
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en•ter•tain•ment
(ˌɛn tərˈteɪn mənt)n.
1. the act of entertaining.
2. diversion; amusement.
3. something affording pleasure or amusement, esp. a performance.
4. hospitable provision for the needs and wants of guests.
5. a divertingly adventurous, comic, or picaresque novel.
6. Obs. maintenance in service.
[1525–35]
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Noun | 1. | entertainment - an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention diversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" beguilement, distraction - an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations edutainment - entertainment that is intended to be educational extravaganza - any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment militainment - entertainment with military themes in which the Department of Defense is celebrated night life, nightlife - the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion show - the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining; "a remarkable show of skill" |
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entertainment
noun
1. enjoyable, fun, pleasure, leisure, satisfaction, relaxation, recreation, enjoyment, distraction, amusement, diversion I play the piano purely for my own entertainment.
2. pastime, show, sport, performance, play, treat, presentation, leisure activity, beer and skittles He organized entertainments and events for elderly people.
Quotations
"I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot" [Steve Martin]
"I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot" [Steve Martin]
Entertainment
Types of entertainment acrobatics, aerobatics, agon, airshow, all-dayer, all-nighter, antimasque, après-ski, aquashow, ball, ballet, banquet, bear-baiting, bullfighting, burlesque show, busking, cabaret, carnival, ceilidh, charade, circus, cockfighting, comedy, command performance, concert, conjuring, cotillion or cotillon (U.S. & Canad.), dance, escapology, exhibition, fair, farce, fashion show, feast, fête or fete, film, fireworks or pyrotechnics, floor show, funambulism or tightrope-walking, gala, galanty show, garden party, gaudy, gig (informal), ice show, juggling, karaoke, kermis or kirmess (U.S. & Canad.), levee, light show, magic, masked ball, masque, melodrama, minstrel show, musical, music hall, opera, operetta, pantomime, party, play, puppet show, raree show, rave, reading, reception, recital, recitation, revue or review, ridotto, road show, rodeo, shadow play, show, sideshow, singsong, slide show, slot machine, soiree, son et lumière, street theatre, striptease, tragedy, variety, vaudeville, ventriloquism, video game, wall of death, waltzer, warehouse party, whist drive, zarzuela
Types of entertainer acrobat, actor or (fem.) actress, artist, artiste, auguste, bareback rider, busker, chorus girl, circus artist, clown, comedian or (fem.) comedienne, conjurer, contortionist, dancer, diva, equilibrist, escapologist, exotic dancer, fire eater, fool, funambulist or tightrope walker, funnyman, go-go dancer, gracioso, guiser, harlequin, illusionist, impersonator, impressionist, jester, jongleur, juggler, lion tamer, magician, merry-andrew, mimic, minstrel, mummer, musician, organ-grinder, performer, prima ballerina, prima donna, puppeteer, quick-change artist, raconteur, ringmaster, show girl, singer, snake charmer, stripteaser or stripper, strolling player, strongman, sword swallower, tightrope walker, tragedian or (fem.) tragedienne, trapeze artist, trouper, tumbler, unicyclist, vaudevillian, ventriloquist
Places of entertainment amphitheatre, amusement arcade (Brit.), arena, auditorium, ballroom, bandstand, big top, bingo hall, carnival, cinema, circus, coliseum or colosseum, concert hall, dance hall, disco, fairground, funfair, gallery, hall, leisure centre, lido, marquee, museum, music hall, nightclub, nightspot, niterie (slang), opera house, social club, stadium, theatre, vaudeville, waxworks, zoo
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
entertainment
noun1. Something, especially a performance or show, designed to entertain:
2. The condition of being amused:
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Translations
تَرْفيه، تَسْلِيَهتَسْلِيَه، تَرْفيهحَفْلَه تَرْفيهِيَّه
zábava
underholdning
szórakozási lehetõségszórakoztatás
afòreying, skemmtungestrisni, gestamóttakaskemmtun
娯楽
zábavné predstavenie
zabava
eğlenceeğlendirmeeğlenti
entertainment
[ˌentəˈteɪnmənt]A. N
1. (= amusement) [of guests] → entretenimiento m; [of audience] → diversión f
for your entertainment → para divertiros
for your entertainment → para divertiros
2. (= show) → espectáculo m; (= musical entertainment) → concierto m
to put on an entertainment → organizar un espectáculo
the world of entertainment → el mundo del espectáculo
to put on an entertainment → organizar un espectáculo
the world of entertainment → el mundo del espectáculo
B. CPD entertainment allowance N → gastos mpl de representación
entertainment expenses NPL = entertainment allowance entertainment guide N → guía f del ocio
entertainment tax N → impuesto m de espectáculos
the entertainment world N → el mundo del espectáculo
entertainment expenses NPL = entertainment allowance entertainment guide N → guía f del ocio
entertainment tax N → impuesto m de espectáculos
the entertainment world N → el mundo del espectáculo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
entertainment
[ˌɛntərˈteɪnmənt] n (= amusement) → distraction f, divertissement m
Television is his only entertainment → La télévision est son unique divertissement.
Television is his only entertainment → La télévision est son unique divertissement.
(= show) → spectacle m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
entertainment
n
(= amusement) → Unterhaltung f; (professional) → Entertainment nt; for my own entertainment → nur so zum Vergnügen, zu meinem Privatvergnügen; the cinema is a great form of entertainment → das Kino bietet tolle Unterhaltung; the film is good entertainment → der Film ist sehr unterhaltsam; the world of entertainment → die Unterhaltungsbranche
(= performance) → Darbietung f
entertainment
:entertainment allowance
n → ˜ Aufwandspauschale f
entertainment tax
n → Vergnügungssteuer f
entertainment value
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
entertainment
[ˌɛntəˈteɪnmənt] na. (amusement) → divertimento; (of guests) → trattenimento
b. (show) → spettacolo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
entertain
(entəˈtein) verb1. to receive, and give food etc to (guests). They entertained us to dinner.
2. to amuse. His stories entertained us for hours.
3. to hold in the mind. He entertained the hope that he would one day be Prime Minister.
enterˈtainer noun one who gives amusing performances professionally.
ˌenterˈtaining adjective amusing. entertaining stories.
ˌenterˈtainment noun1. something that entertains, eg a theatrical show etc.
2. the act of entertaining.
3. amusement; interest. There is no lack of entertainment in the city at night.
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