entertainment
noun
the act of entertaining; agreeable occupation for the mind; diversion; amusement.
entertainments
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pluralof entertainment.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Today, dragons and dungeon crawls are common entertainments.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
Meghan Kobza’s “The Masquerade” unmasks the festivities of 18th-century London, where the commercial “middling sort” acquired the numbers and money to emulate the private entertainments of kings and aristocrats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
"Christmas football was originally rooted in a wider tradition of communal entertainments," Professor Martin Johnes of Swansea University told BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
Upholding this legacy seems a more vital role for a critic than operating as a tour guide of commercial entertainments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
Evening fell, as it falls always on the entertainments of man, foretelling the solemnity of night and end.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
