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Something affording pleasure, diversion, or amusement: The play was an entertaining experience. Solving the daily crossword puzzle is entertainment for many people.
The story of Scheherazade, a professional storyteller in the Persian tradition, is famous for its ability to entertain. It has inspired a number of orchestral works by composers including Rimsky-Korsakov, Ravel and Szymanowski, a film and a video game. It also shows how entertainment can inspire other forms of entertainment, and that what appears as entertainment may also be a form of rite or party, non secular pageant or satire. See more examples.
This word was added to the dictionary on June 5, 2021.