entertainment
noun
en·ter·tain·ment
ˌen-tər-ˈtān-mənt 
1
a
: amusement or diversion provided especially by performers
hired a band to provide entertainment
b
: something diverting or engaging: such as
(1)
: a public performance
(2)
: a usually light comic or adventure novel
2
: the act of entertaining
3
a
archaic
: maintenance, provision
b
obsolete
: employment
Examples of entertainment in a Sentence
Entertainment was provided by jugglers.
plays, movies, and other forms of entertainment
They played games in the evening for entertainment.
plays, movies, and other entertainments
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Regardless, these comments are blatantly insensitive as political violence should never be tolerated or exploited as comedic entertainment, no matter who perpetrated it.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
The move, prompted by backlash from affiliate owners and FCC pressure, has sparked outrage across the entertainment industry.
—Amanda Castro
shane Croucher
anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Regardless, these comments are blatantly insensitive as political violence should never be tolerated or exploited as comedic entertainment, no matter who perpetrated it.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
The move, prompted by backlash from affiliate owners and FCC pressure, has sparked outrage across the entertainment industry.
—Amanda Castro
shane Croucher
anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Examples Beyond Counter-Strike Knife skins from Counter-Strike seem to grab the loudest headlines, yet this is only one corner of a larger movement combining entertainment, finance and personal identity.
—Dmitrii Khasanov, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Entertainment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entertainment. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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entertainment
noun
en·ter·tain·ment
ˌen-tər-ˈtān-mənt
1
: the act or process of providing pleasure, recreation, or amusement
2
: a means of amusement or recreation
especially
: a public performance
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