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Something affording pleasure, diversion, or amusement, or a show: A theatrical entertainment. An agreeable occupation for the mind: Solving a crossword puzzle. Something providing diversion and enjoyment: The upcoming football game will be an entertainment for the crowds. The word entertainment derives from the Medieval Latin inter tenere, which means to hold inside; its Indo-European root is ten, meaning “stretch.”
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This page was last updated on September 13, 2017. Entertainment is part of the Dictionary of Contemporary English.