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# entertainment

noun (entertainment, entertainments; mostly uncountable)

«entertainment» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Entertainment is things that people enjoy watching or doing for fun, like films, shows, music, games and sport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertainment/#m1)
2. Entertainment is the act of amusing people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertainment/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, families choose entertainment for evenings and parties. In lessons about media, children learn the difference between entertainment, news and adverts. Phrases: «for entertainment», «the entertainment industry», «entertainment centre», «provide entertainment».

### Examples

- The clown provided the entertainment at the party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertainment/#x1)
- What do you do for entertainment on rainy days? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertainment/#x2)
- Television is a kind of entertainment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertainment/#x3)
- The school fair had food, games and entertainment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertainment/#x4)
- For entertainment, we played charades. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertainment/#x5)
- The film was great entertainment for the whole family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertainment/#x6)
- Some videos look like news but are just entertainment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertainment/#x7)
- Every day was a festival; balls and entertainments followed one another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertainment/#x8)

### Note

Usually uncountable: «a lot of entertainment». From the verb «entertain» and adjective «entertaining». Watch out: online content made for entertainment is not always true. Not a number word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «entertainment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertainment/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«entertainment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/entertainment.html) on Mova free.