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English Dictionary: entertainment by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
entertainment
n
  1. an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
    Synonym(s): entertainment, amusement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Entertainment \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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