entertainment (ˌɛntəˈteɪnmənt
)
Definitions
noun
- the act or art of entertaining or state of being entertained
- an act, production, etc, that entertains; diversion; amusement
Synonyms
View thesaurus entryQuotations
"I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot"
"This day my wife made it appear to me that my late entertainment this week cost me above £12, an expense which I am almost ashamed of, though it is but once in a great while, and it is the end for which, in the most part, we live, to have such a merry day once or twice in a man's life"
Usage examples
Next door, Mickey had long finished her dinner and was looking for entertainment through the window.
, INSTANCES OF THE NUMBER 3 (2002)If it's done as pure Vegas-style entertainment , people don't have a problem with it.
Maxim (2004)Then I could cut my phone bills, then cut back charity but not gifts, and cut back on entertainment.
Globe and Mail (2003)Claudia Rosencrantz, controller of entertainment at the ITV network, said:'We have cast some really smart people among the 16 castaways.
Glasgow Herald (2001)A crowd was gathering -- in a market anything is entertainment.
, THE LADY AND THE UNICORN (2003)