About The Word Entertainment
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Entertainment
Entertainment Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Entertainment?
[n] an activity that entertains
Synonyms | Synonyms for Entertainment: amusement Related Terms | Find terms related to Entertainment: amusement | animal pleasure | ball | benefit | bill | blowout | board | bodily pleasure | carnal delight | cocktail party | coffee klatch | comfort | content | contentment | costume party | coziness | creature comforts | debut | dinner | dinner party | distraction | diversion | divertisement | divertissement | donation party | ease | endpleasure | enjoyment | euphoria | exhibit | exhibition | extravaganza | farewell performance | feed | festivity | flesh show | forepleasure | fruition | fun | garden party | gratification | great satisfaction | gusto | hearty enjoyment | hen party | house party | house-raising | housewarming | intellectual pleasure | joie de vivre | Kaffeeklatsch | keen pleasure | kicks | lawn party | luxury | mask | masque | masquerade | masquerade party | meal | meat | mess | mirth | pageant | party | passe-temps | pastime | performance | physical pleasure | play | pleasure | premiere | presentation | presentment | production | quiet pleasure | recreation | refection | refreshment | regalement | relaxation | relief | relish | repas | repast | satisfaction | self-gratification | self-indulgence | sensual pleasure | sensuous pleasure | sexual pleasure | shindig | shindy | show | shower | smoker | solace | spectacle | spectacular | sport | spread | stag | stag party | stage presentation | surprise party | swan song | sweetness of life | table | theatrical performance | titillation | treat | tryout | voluptuousness | well-being | zest See Also | beguilement | distraction | diversion | extravaganza | recreation | show Entertainment In Webster's Dictionary \En`ter*tain"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. entretenement.]
1. The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or
cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or
treatment, in general.
The entertainment of Christ by faith. --Baxter.
The sincere entertainment and practice of the
precepts of the gospel. --Bp. Sprat.
2. That which entertains, or with which one is entertained;
as:
(a) Hospitality; hospitable provision for the wants of a
guest; especially, provision for the table; a
hospitable repast; a feast; a formal or elegant meal.
(b) That which engages the attention agreeably, amuses or
diverts, whether in private, as by conversation, etc.,
or in public, by performances of some kind; amusement.
Theatrical entertainments conducted with greater
elegance and refinement. --Prescott.
3. Admission into service; service.
Some band of strangers in the adversary's
entertainment. --Shak.
4. Payment of soldiers or servants; wages. [Obs.]
The entertainment of the general upon his first
arrival was but six shillings and eight pence. --Sir
J. Davies.
Syn: Amusement; diversion; recreation; pastime; sport; feast;
banquet; repast; carousal.
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