Entertaiment is a large and diverse category of art, cultural expression, and leisure activities that contributes to societal needs in many ways. It encompasses a broad range of forms including dance, films, theatre, novels, music, television, radio, and new media. Each of these categories is rich in cultural and historical contexts.
The word entertain comes from the Medieval Latin intertenere, or “to hold inside.” Its Indo-European root ten is the same as in the word TEN. Click on a collocation below to see more examples of the word in different contexts.
This collection contains only a small portion of our full lexicon, with more words and definitions available in the online dictionary.
