Entertaiment is any activity that holds the attention and interest of a group, gives pleasure and delight, or makes them feel good. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of entertaining. These example sentences are automatically generated programmatically from various online sources, and may not accurately reflect the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
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From Middle English entretenement, from Old French entretenement, from Latin entertainment.
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