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home entertainment

American

noun

Electronics.

the aggregate of appliances, as stereo systems, televisions, DVRs, game consoles, or computers, used for diversion in the home.

Etymology

Origin of home entertainment

First recorded in 1895–1900 (in reference to a Graphophone, i.e., a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on a wax record)

Example Sentences

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Some of what has impacted the unimpressive growth of the addressable audience for home entertainment has been the instability of the market.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Meanwhile, first the phonograph and then the radio revolutionized home entertainment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

The boss of one of the UK's biggest cinema chains says he does not see streaming services and home entertainment as competition.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025

In the 1960s and ’70s, television replaced the radio as the primary form of home entertainment, and evangelical Christianity was on the rise.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025

It is the best book for home entertainment, and the most useful for teachers, orators, after-dinner speakers, and actors.

From Successful Methods of Public Speaking by Kleiser, Grenville

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