Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)Entertainment.

    To my great amusement, the dog kept on chasing its tail and yelped when it bit it.

    Erheiterung, Vergnügung, Vergnügen

    развлече́ниеrazvlečénije, заба́ваzabáva

    розва́гаrozváha, заба́ваzabáva

  2. (countable)An activity that is entertaining or amusing, such as dancing, gunning, or fishing.

    развлече́ниеrazvlečénije, заба́ваzabáva

More definitions
  • a feeling of delight at being entertained
  • an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

Examples

111 sentences
  1. She looked at me in amusement.

    deSie sah mich amüsiert an.

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  2. Tom went to an amusement park.

    ruФома пошёл в парк аттракционов.

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  3. Tom went to the amusement park.

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  4. We visited a huge amusement park.

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  5. I like going to the amusement park.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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entertainment:
Deutsch
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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French amusement, from amuser + -ment. Morphologically amuse + -ment.

Borrowed from Middle French amusement, from amuser + -ment. Morphologically amuse + -ment.

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Forms

plural: amusements
Singularamusement
Pluralamusements

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention:entertainment

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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