B2verb · transitive · rare

amuse

amuse · amuses · amused · amusing

розважати, бавити, забавляти

развлекать, развлечь, рассмешить, смешить

vergnügen, amüsieren, erheitern, belustigen

To entertain or occupy in a pleasant mannerTo entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (someone) with pleasing emotions.

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/əˈmjuːz/

» The girls amused themselves playing games.

Дівчата розважалися, граючи в ігри.

Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (someone) with pleasing emotions.
I watch these movies because they amuse me.
It always amuses me to hear the funny stories why people haven't got a ticket, but I never let them get in without paying.
amüsieren, vergnügen
забавля́тьzabavljátʹ, позаба́витьpozabávitʹ, развлека́тьrazvlekátʹ
розважа́тиrozvažáty, забавля́тиzabavljáty, ба́витиbávyty
occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
(transitive)To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.
His jokes rarely fail to amuse me.
belustigen, erheitern
смеши́тьsmešítʹ, рассмеши́тьrassmešítʹ, насмеши́тьnasmešítʹ
(archaic, transitive)To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
завлека́тьzavlekátʹ, завле́чьzavléčʹ, отвлека́тьotvlekátʹ
(archaic, transitive)To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.

Examples

519 sentences

The girls amused themselves playing games.
Дівчата розважалися, граючи в ігри.
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He amused us with a funny story.
Він розважив нас кумедною історією.
deEr amüsierte uns mit einer lustigen Geschichte.
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Do you really think Tom is amused?
Гадаєш, Том задоволений?
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Tom said that he was very amused.
Том сказав, що він дуже задоволений.
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His story amused everyone.
Його історія розважила багатьох.
ruЕго история всех развеселила.
deSeine Geschichte erheiterte jeden.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner:

Русский

By meaning 3

to entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner:

to cause laughter:

archaic: to keep in expectation:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner:

to cause laughter:

Origin

From Late Middle English *amusen (“to mutter, be astonished, gaze meditatively on”), from

From Late Middle English *amusen (“to mutter, be astonished, gaze meditatively on”), from Old French amuser (“to stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought”), from a- + muser (“to stare stupidly at, gape, wander, waste time, loiter, think carefully about, attend to”), of uncertain and obscure origin. Cognate with Occitan musa (“idle waiting”), Italian musare (“to gape idly about”). Possibly from Old French *mus (“snout”) from Vulgar Latin *mūsa (“snout”) — compare Medieval Latin mūsum (“muzzle, snout”) –, from Proto-Germanic *mū- (“muzzle, snout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“lips, muzzle”). Compare North Frisian müs, mös (“mouth”), German Maul (“muzzle, snout”).

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