entertainment

en·ter·tain·ment  (ntr-tnmnt)

n.

1. The act of entertaining.

2. The art or field of entertaining.

3. Something that amuses, pleases, or diverts, especially a performance or show.

4. The pleasure afforded by being entertained; amusement: The comedian performed for our entertainment.

5. Archaic Maintenance; support.

6. Obsolete Employment.

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entertainment [ˌɛntəˈteɪnmənt]

n

1. the act or art of entertaining or state of being entertained

2. an act, production, etc., that entertains; diversion; amusement

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

entertainment - an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention amusement diversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" beguilement, distraction - an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations edutainment - entertainment that is intended to be educational extravaganza - any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment militainment - entertainment with military themes in which the Department of Defense is celebrated night life, nightlife - the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion show - the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining; "a remarkable show of skill"

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entertainment

noun

1. enjoyable, fun, pleasure, leisure, satisfaction, relaxation, recreation, enjoyment, distraction, amusement, diversion I play the piano purely for my own entertainment.

2. pastime, show, sport, performance, play, treat, presentation, leisure activity, beer and skittles He organized entertainments and events for elderly people.

Quotations
"I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot" [Steve Martin]

Entertainment

Types of entertainment  acrobatics, aerobatics, agon, airshow, all-dayer, all-nighter, antimasque, après-ski, aquashow, ball, ballet, banquet, bear-baiting, bullfighting, burlesque show, busking, cabaret, carnival, ceilidh, charade, circus, cockfighting, comedy, command performance, concert, conjuring, cotillion or cotillon (U.S. & Canad.), dance, escapology, exhibition, fair, farce, fashion show, feast, fête or fete, film, fireworks or pyrotechnics, floor show, funambulism or tightrope-walking, gala, galanty show, garden party, gaudy, gig (informal), ice show, juggling, karaoke, kermis or kirmess (U.S. & Canad.), levee, light show, magic, masked ball, masque, melodrama, minstrel show, musical, music hall, opera, operetta, pantomime, party, play, puppet show, raree show, rave, reading, reception, recital, recitation, revue or review, ridotto, road show, rodeo, shadow play, show, sideshow, singsong, slide show, slot machine, soiree, son et lumière, street theatre, striptease, tragedy, variety, vaudeville, ventriloquism, video game, wall of death, waltzer, warehouse party, whist drive, zarzuela

Types of entertainer  acrobat, actor or (fem.) actress, artist, artiste, auguste, bareback rider, busker, chorus girl, circus artist, clown, comedian or (fem.) comedienne, conjurer, contortionist, dancer, diva, equilibrist, escapologist, exotic dancer, fire eater, fool, funambulist or tightrope walker, funnyman, go-go dancer, gracioso, guiser, harlequin, illusionist, impersonator, impressionist, jester, jongleur, juggler, lion tamer, magician, merry-andrew, mimic, minstrel, mummer, musician, organ-grinder, performer, prima ballerina, prima donna, puppeteer, quick-change artist, raconteur, ringmaster, show girl, singer, snake charmer, stripteaser or stripper, strolling player, strongman, sword swallower, tightrope walker, tragedian or (fem.) tragedienne, trapeze artist, trouper, tumbler, unicyclist, vaudevillian, ventriloquist

Places of entertainment  amphitheatre, amusement arcade (Brit.), arena, auditorium, ballroom, bandstand, big top, bingo hall, carnival, cinema, circus, coliseum or colosseum, concert hall, dance hall, disco, fairground, funfair, gallery, hall, leisure centre, lido, marquee, museum, music hall, nightclub, nightspot, niterie (slang), opera house, social club, stadium, theatre, vaudeville, waxworks, zoo

Translations

entertainment [ˌentəˈteɪnmənt]

A. N

1. (= amusement) [of guests] → entretenimiento m; [of audience] → diversión f
for your entertainment → para divertiros

2. (= show) → espectáculo m; (= musical entertainment) → concierto m
to put on an entertainment → organizar un espectáculo
the world of entertainment → el mundo del espectáculo

B. CPD entertainment allowance N → gastos mpl de representación
entertainment expenses NPL = entertainment allowance entertainment guide N → guía f del ocio
entertainment tax N → impuesto m de espectáculos
the entertainment world N → el mundo del espectáculo

entertainment [ˌɛntə^rˈteɪnmənt] n

(= amusement) → distraction f, divertissement m
Television is his only entertainment → La télévision est son unique divertissement.

(= show) → spectacle m

entertainment

n

(= amusement) → Unterhaltung f; (professional) → Entertainment nt; for my own entertainment → nur so zum Vergnügen, zu meinem Privatvergnügen; the cinema is a great form of entertainment → das Kino bietet tolle Unterhaltung; the film is good entertainment → der Film ist sehr unterhaltsam; the world of entertainment → die Unterhaltungsbranche

(= performance) → Darbietung f

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entertainment:

entertainment allowance

n → ˜ Aufwandspauschale f

entertainment tax

n → Vergnügungssteuer f

entertainment value

n to have good entertainment → großen Unterhaltungswert haben; (person) → sehr unterhaltend sein

entertainment [ˌɛntəˈteɪnmənt] n

a. (amusement) → divertimento; (of guests) → trattenimento

b. (show) → spettacolo

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entertainment [ˌɛntəˈteɪnmənt] n

a. (amusement) → divertimento; (of guests) → trattenimento

b. (show) → spettacolo