Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.

    Unterhaltung

    развлече́ниеrazvlečénije, заба́ваzabáva, поте́хаpotéxa

    розва́гаrozváha, заба́ваzabáva, за́бавкаzábavka

  2. (countable, uncountable)A show put on for the enjoyment or amusement of others.

  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Maintenance or support.

  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)An admission into service; a service.

  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The payment of soldiers or servants; wages.

  6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A reception; a (provision of) food to guests or travellers.

More definitions
  • an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

Examples

91 sentences
  1. Tom is in charge of the entertainment.

  2. We're hungry for entertainment.

  3. Entertainment will be provided.

  4. The religion of one age is the literary entertainment of the next.

    Релігія одного віку це літературне дозвілля наступного. — shanghainese

    deDie Religion einer Epoche ist die literarische Zerstreuung der nachfolgenden. — al_ex_an_der

  5. We're tonight's entertainment.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation:
Русский
By meaning 2
activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation:
show for enjoyment:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation:

Origin

From Middle English entretenement (“support, maintenance”), from Old French entretenement;

From Middle English entretenement (“support, maintenance”), from Old French entretenement; see entertain. Morphologically entertain + -ment.

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