entertainmenten‧ter‧tain‧ment /ˌentəˈteɪnmənt $ -tər-/ ●●● S3 W3 noun 
The town provides a wide choice of entertainment. There will be live entertainment (=performed then, not recorded) throughout the day.light entertainment (=comedy) The dolphins give good entertainment value (=a lot of amusement and interest).the entertainment industry/business/world► see thesaurus at fun2[uncountable] formal when you entertain someone at home, or for business: the entertainment of friendsCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + entertainmentlive entertainment (=performed while people watch, not recorded and watched later)· There are three bars, all with live entertainment.family entertainment (=suitable for adults and children)· The holiday village has plenty of family entertainment on offer.mass/popular entertainment (=popular with large numbers of people)· Reality TV has been a very successful form of mass entertainment.light entertainment (=shows etc that are funny and easy to understand rather than serious)· He believes that children can appreciate more than just light entertainment.a day’s/afternoon’s/evening’s entertainment· The evening’s entertainment concluded with a firework display.verbsprovide entertainment· Dancers and musicians were on hand to provide entertainment.lay on/put on entertainment (=organize and provide it)· The organizers laid on some entertainment for the children.phrasesa form of entertainment (=a type of entertainment)· video games and other modern forms of entertainmenta place of entertainment formal (=a place where people can go to enjoy entertainment)· Clubs and other places of entertainment must close by 3am.entertainment + NOUNthe entertainment business/industry· The union represents people who work in the entertainment industry.entertainment value (=how enjoyable something is to watch)· The films provide great entertainment value for kids.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Blackpool was where I got my first taste of the world of entertainment.
- Frankie is known throughout the entertainment business as an energetic performer.
- So what do you do for entertainment in this town?
- the entertainment industry
- Fishbane appears to have had an entertainment allowance of around twenty thousand.
- Here are the breakaway dates with highlights of the free entertainment.
- Media Research Center analysts studied all 1995 prime time entertainment programs on the networks.
- My rendition of Parma climbing to Ambadji was to become a popular set-piece for evening entertainment.
- That passed for big-time entertainment in those days, even in the so-called Roaring Twenties.
- There are also sections on entertainment, events and ideas for themed short breaks.
- There was the provision of food, drink, in-flight entertainment and duty-free goods, and the printing of tickets.
- This is entertainment that could make you think.
THESAURUS
noun [uncountable] especially spoken an experience or activity that is very enjoyable and exciting: · The course was fun.· Have you ever been windsurfing? It’s really good fun.· I just want to relax and have some fun.· It’ll be fun seeing all my old friends again.· Running around a freezing hockey field isn’t my idea of fun.
noun [uncountable] the feeling you get when you enjoy doing something: · I get a lot of enjoyment out of working with young children.
noun [countable] an experience or activity that makes you feel happy and satisfied: · The game was a pleasure to watch.· One of her greatest pleasures was walking in the mountains.· Ted enjoyed the simple pleasures of life: his family, his home, and his garden.
noun [countable] especially spoken a time when you enjoyed yourself: · The kids all had a great time.· I remember the good times in Japan.· Were the 1960s really such great times?
informal a very enjoyable experience – a very informal use: · The trip was a blast!
noun [uncountable] things such as performances and films which are intended to be enjoyable: · Three musicians provided the entertainment.· What do you do for entertainment around here?· They hired two dancers for entertainment.
noun [uncountable] a way of resting and enjoying yourself: · I play the piano for relaxation.· Her work left little time for relaxation.
noun [uncountable] the time when you are not working, when you can enjoy yourself – used especially in compounds: · leisure activities· the leisure industry· People have more leisure time.
noun [countable, uncountable] formal activities that you do to enjoy yourself: · recreation facilities· The park is not just a place for recreation.
Longman Language Activatorthe business of entertaining people with shows, plays, films etc the business of entertaining people with shows, plays, films etc: · Blackpool was where I got my first taste of the world of entertainment.· Frankie is known throughout the entertainment business as an energetic performer.
also showbiz informal the entertainment industry, for example film, television, and popular theatre: · Famous sportsmen and people from the world of showbusiness are among their clients.· Here's Sarah with the latest showbiz gossip.in showbusiness/showbiz: · What made you decide on a career in showbusiness?
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + entertainment a mass marketing campaign Email has made mass mailings possible at the touch of a button.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
(=performed while people watch, not recorded and watched later)· There are three bars, all with live entertainment.
(=suitable for adults and children)· The holiday village has plenty of family entertainment on offer.
(=popular with large numbers of people)· Reality TV has been a very successful form of mass entertainment.
(=shows etc that are funny and easy to understand rather than serious)· He believes that children can appreciate more than just light entertainment.
· The evening’s entertainment concluded with a firework display.
verbs· Dancers and musicians were on hand to provide entertainment.
(=organize and provide it)· The organizers laid on some entertainment for the children.
phrases (=a type of entertainment)· video games and other modern forms of entertainment
formal (=a place where people can go to enjoy entertainment)· Clubs and other places of entertainment must close by 3am.
entertainment + NOUN· The union represents people who work in the entertainment industry.
(=how enjoyable something is to watch)· The films provide great entertainment value for kids.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· He started out working in the computer business.
(=with cinemas, restaurants and other places to go)· There are plans for an entertainment complex with cinemas and a bowling alley.
(=where there are a lot of bars, clubs etc)· Visitors to Roppongi, Tokyo’s entertainment district, come to experience the latest fashions and have fun.
· The president receives an unspecified allowance for business and entertainment expenses.
· Computer technology has revolutionized the entertainment industry.
a mass marketing campaign Email has made mass mailings possible at the touch of a button.· Here are the breakaway dates with highlights of the free entertainment.· They give us free information, free entertainment, free software, some even give us free mail.· It is a small commercial music festival which helps to support a large free family entertainment programme.· If you survive all that, Saturday, February 15, is a terrific day for free entertainment.· Adjacent to pub which offers free nightly entertainment for guests.· The activity centres around the big top in Stockton High Street offering free all day entertainment with live broadcasts and personal appearances.· Free bar offering wine, spirits and soft drinks. Free in-flight entertainment. 15 kilo baggage allowance.· After all, it's all free for your entertainment.
· In the seventies, it seemed that a light entertainment show on television was not complete without a clutch of catchphrases.· But as message movies began to muscle out light entertainment, Reynolds became disposable.· Radio brought entertainment to a mass audience, in particular light musical entertainment: it produced the age of the great dance bands.· Moving the Nine O'clock News would free a peak slot to attract more viewers with dramas and light entertainment.· Both videos are situations comedies made by a top television light entertainment director and an experienced cast of comedy actors.· Music that could never be taken as light entertainment.· The licencee must also pick a selection of other programme categories such as drama, light entertainment and sport.
· There are three bars, with live entertainment in the trendy Platform 1 bar.· This is one of the hottest destinations after work for savvy Downtowners, especially during special events when there is live entertainment.· Lobster, fish and charcoal grilled steaks are the specialities, with live entertainment on offer most evenings.· There will be live entertainment throughout the day and a wide range of Greenpeace merchandise will be on sale.
· What had arrived now really was mass entertainment.· The other is the onslaught on the mind by mass junk entertainment.· In the process it invented mass entertainment, the 10-lane freeway and smog.
· Interspersed with the musical entertainment would be several lectures.· Some restaurants in the old town feature musical entertainment while you are dining, including fado and piano music.· Radio brought entertainment to a mass audience, in particular light musical entertainment: it produced the age of the great dance bands.· After the Sunday evening service in Thomas Street free suppers were provided and musical entertainments given.
· Television augmented and soon overtook the cinema as the masses' most popular form of entertainment.· The cost of producing sitcoms and other forms of popular entertainment has been growing.· The first is fraternal, popular entertainment, and a financial godsend for health care and education.· With no suspense about the outcome to enliven the potentially dull political proceedings, the Republicans embraced the popular world of entertainment.· As well as being neglected in popular entertainment, this type of crime has also been neglected as an area of study.· Both artists succeed in conveying the sense of liveliness and movement found in popular forms of entertainment.
· An application for a public entertainment licence for the new venture goes before Middlesbrough Council's licensing sub-committee tomorrow.· In Derby it is a condition on the public entertainment licence for all licensed premises employing doormen.· His peregrinations of the islands at election time were always diverting public entertainments.· The ban on public entertainment, sport and most commercial activities remained in place.· They hope the authorities will adopt the principle in all public entertainment licences with effect from 1993.
· Thus, beneath what may seem to be pure escapist entertainment, there lies a deep psychological truth.· They are two very different films then, the one classified as pure art, the other as pure entertainment.
NOUN· But brand loyalty is harder to win in the information and entertainment businesses.· The schools are close to the studios, and many families in the entertainment business have homes in the Valley.· Most managers want to deal with all of an artist's activities in the entertainment business throughout the world.· Fragmentation is rampant in the entertainment business.· Like many in the entertainment business, they love dressing up.· But friendships made at Montclair Prep can open doors in the entertainment business.· It was real progress in the entertainment business.· But industry sources have indicated Mr Schwartz has long had an interest in the entertainment business.
· Some seem to have simply added a pull-out keyboard tray to the armoire / entertainment center and renamed it a computer cabinet.· It featured a contemporary black leather sofa, state-of-the-art entertainment center and a gigantic pool table.· Today, spruced-up Times Square is in the midst of a surprising, almost surreal transformation into a family-oriented entertainment center.
· Sherry planned on having an entertainment company of her own.· Their goal is to grow as a general entertainment company.
· Unlike the West, business luncheons are a rarity and evening entertainment almost never takes place in the home.· My rendition of Parma climbing to Ambadji was to become a popular set-piece for evening entertainment.· Most specialist tours to Blackpool usually include an evenings entertainment in with the price.· For evening entertainment there is a piano bar and, for the more energetic, a sound-proofed discotheque operates in the basement.· Price is about £255 which includes full board, accommodation and evening entertainment.· For evening entertainment there are a number of hotels, bars and restaurants within walking distance.
· Some entertainment expenses are bona fide business expenses under the tax laws-and these are discussed shortly.· The new president will receive an unspecified allowance for business and entertainment expenses, as well as 22 days vacation.· The substantiation rules for the working condition fringe benefit are similar to those for travel and entertainment expenses covered in Chapter 5.· With travel and entertainment expenses, the bona fides of the expense may not be so readily apparent.· Now business owners must participate in the process of documenting the travel and entertainment expenses of their employees.
· It is only by renting your equipment that you can keep fully up to date with advances in home entertainment technology.· Home Entertainment Another application area of e-commerce is that of home entertainment.· AimTech's Tiger Media acquisition also ties in neatly with its planned excursion into the market for interactive home entertainment systems.· In the entire home entertainment area, the key element is the notion of customer control over programming.· So is the core home entertainment system next?
· He expresses extreme concern about how the entertainment industry is able to contaminate the mind of the public.· However, the biggest challenge we face today is a willingness by some in the entertainment industry to produce whatever sells.· Or merely a branch of the advertising and entertainment industry?· Clinton also was the favorite of the media and entertainment industry, which gave him more than $ 300, 000· The entertainment industry now employs more people than the aerospace industry.· McElwee sees Los Angeles and its entertainment industry through the eyes of a bemused Easterner.· The entertainment industry is, of course, rife with synthetic body parts, including hair.· The entertainment industry also is hot.
· An application for a public entertainment licence for the new venture goes before Middlesbrough Council's licensing sub-committee tomorrow.· Sefton councillors this week stripped the club of its entertainments licence after being handed a police dossier detailing violent and rowdy incidents.· In Derby it is a condition on the public entertainment licence for all licensed premises employing doormen.· If permission is granted for an entertainment licence, the promoters hope to start shows there within the next few months.· A final decision whether to grant an entertainment licence will be taken in March.
· Comprehensive navigation and communication equipment complement the entertainment systems.· The 777 is quieter, has user-friendly storage bins and a sophisticated entertainment system with multiple choices.· AimTech's Tiger Media acquisition also ties in neatly with its planned excursion into the market for interactive home entertainment systems.· So is the core home entertainment system next?· The Lynx is an entertainment system.
· A good little program, even if you only want it for its entertainment value.· His supporters stress the sentimental and entertainment value of seeing him take the baton one more time.· Of course the studio hoped that the film would succeed as melodrama and much of the publicity stressed its entertainment value.· Budweiser gets the slight edge here over Pepsi for entertainment value.· This has very little to do with the quality and entertainment value of the films themselves.· Although the spectacle had macabre entertainment value, a fundamental question got buried in the slime: Did Carey finagle the books?· And in terms of entertainment value, Rhodes is fantastic.· They are worth far more than £300 million in entertainment value.
· They also stated that his kind regard for his employees was unique in the entertainment world.· The entertainment world has always been fond of him.· No previous dance troupe manager had attacked the entertainment world so vigorously.
VERB· Bohunt's team will enjoy an evening of entertainment which will include tasting food and listening to the music of many countries.· The George Street precinct is a great place to pause, enjoy the frequent street entertainment and watch the world go by.· Our Exmoor club is free to residents - and you can enjoy regular entertainment, discos and live bands.
· Diller reportedly is trying to build a national network of television stations that would offer sports and entertainment programming.· At the same time it offered great entertainment for the onlookers.· The other leagues offer a better entertainment package.· But it was Sky's fault that Sonia's musical non-charms were offered as half-time entertainment.· This latest book turns the spotlight on the human aspects and it offers excellent entertainment.
· Instead they tried to take their minds off the poster campaign by providing weekend entertainment.· The station provides entertainment and news.· The navy probably had to provide all sorts of entertainment for these women.· Such sponsorships provide support for events which might not otherwise take place, providing pleasure and entertainment for the public.· The positive side of all this is that the game provides hours of entertainment for children who are up to the challenge.· Their purpose is increasingly to provide entertainment.· In the dreary new settlements revivalist contests also provided entertainment.
WORD FAMILYnounentertainerentertainmententertainingadjectiveentertainingverbentertainadverbentertainingly
1[countable, uncountable] things such as films, television, performances etc that are intended to amuse or interest people: The town provides a wide choice of entertainment. There will be live entertainment (=performed then, not recorded) throughout the day.light entertainment (=comedy) The dolphins give good entertainment value (=a lot of amusement and interest).the entertainment industry/business/world► see thesaurus at fun2[uncountable] formal when you entertain someone at home, or for business: the entertainment of friendsCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + entertainmentlive entertainment (=performed while people watch, not recorded and watched later)· There are three bars, all with live entertainment.family entertainment (=suitable for adults and children)· The holiday village has plenty of family entertainment on offer.mass/popular entertainment (=popular with large numbers of people)· Reality TV has been a very successful form of mass entertainment.light entertainment (=shows etc that are funny and easy to understand rather than serious)· He believes that children can appreciate more than just light entertainment.a day’s/afternoon’s/evening’s entertainment· The evening’s entertainment concluded with a firework display.verbsprovide entertainment· Dancers and musicians were on hand to provide entertainment.lay on/put on entertainment (=organize and provide it)· The organizers laid on some entertainment for the children.phrasesa form of entertainment (=a type of entertainment)· video games and other modern forms of entertainmenta place of entertainment formal (=a place where people can go to enjoy entertainment)· Clubs and other places of entertainment must close by 3am.entertainment + NOUNthe entertainment business/industry· The union represents people who work in the entertainment industry.entertainment value (=how enjoyable something is to watch)· The films provide great entertainment value for kids.