Entertainment

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of entertaining.
  • n. The art or field of entertaining.
  • n. Something that amuses, pleases, or diverts, especially a performance or show.
  • n. The pleasure afforded by being entertained; amusement: The comedian performed for our entertainment.
  • n. Archaic Maintenance; support.
  • n. Obsolete Employment.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.
  • n. a show put on for the enjoyment or amusement of others
  • n. maintenance or support
  • n. Admission into service; service.
  • n. Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or treatment, in general.
  • n. That which entertains, or with which one is entertained
  • n. Hospitality; hospitable provision for the wants of a guest; especially, provision for the table; a hospitable repast; a feast; a formal or elegant meal.
  • n. 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.
  • n. Admission into service; service.
  • n. Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of furnishing accommodation, refreshment, good cheer, or diversion; that which entertains, or the act of entertaining, as by hospitality, agreeable attentions, or amusement.
  • n. An exhibition or a performance which affords instruction or amusement; the act of providing gratification or diversion: as, the entertainment of friends with a supper and dance; a musical or dramatic entertainment.
  • n. Maintenance; support; physical or mental provision; means of maintenance, or the state of being supported, as in service, under suffering, etc.
  • n. Mental enjoyment; instruction or amusement afforded by anything seen or heard, as a spectacle, a play, conversation or story, music or recitation.
  • n. Reception; treatment.
  • n. A holding or harboring in the mind; a taking into consideration: as, the entertainment of extravagant notions; the entertainment of a proposal.
  • n. Synonyms and Diversion, Recreation, etc. See pastime.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    diversion    recreation   
    Cross Reference
    diversion   
    Hyponym
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    diversion    amusement    carousal    pastime    feast    banquet    sport    repast    recreation    hospitality   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Unknown
    Gaming   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    amusement    sport    education    feast    reception    diversion    conversation    occupation    enjoyment    dinner