noun
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Entertainment; pleasure.
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Reception of a guest; welcome.
verb
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To amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably.
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The motivational speaker not only instructed but also entertained the audience.
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To have someone over at one's home for a party or visit.
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They enjoy entertaining a lot.
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To receive and take into consideration; to have a thought in mind.
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The committee would like to entertain the idea of reducing the budget figures.
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To take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbour; to keep.
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To meet or encounter, as an enemy.
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To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.
Examples of entertain in a Sentence
I'm not here to entertain you, Xander.
This evening they are going to entertain their friends with readings from your poems and music.
I want to entertain him as far as I can, with all the pleasures of life here.
Thus attired I went down to help entertain the company.
The chefs will entertain you while they prepare your meal.
Several of the princes were willing to entertain and support him; but for all that he could say, they would not change their ways.
Small children can be encouraged to entertain themselves.
If there were something more between them, would he ever entertain letting her go home?
In 1783 a convention of delegates from all the volunteer corps in Ireland assembled in Dublin for the purpose of procuring a reform in parliament; but the House of Commons refused to entertain the proposition, and the convention separated without coming to any practical result.
Would you like a place to grill out on and entertain guests?
I dreamed that Joseph Alexeevich was sitting in my house, and that I was very glad and wished to entertain him.
Baby Einstein offers some wonderful products that educate and entertain babies of all ages.
A refreshingly alternative way to entertain clients and reward your staff.
The Atomic Testing Museum is age-appropriate for all and includes interactive displays to entertain and educate.
The cat will happily entertain you with her antics for hours.
They might exhaustively cover information about a certain topic, but they won't include facts that don't enrich the book or entertain in some way.
The majority of bridal couples request at least eight place settings so they can entertain after they settle into wedded life.
Prior to the first season, Seacrest commented, "The familiar dynamics of this family make them one Hollywood bunch that is sure to entertain."
Felipa arrived on Friday, which was a relief for Carmen because she was beginning to realize three weeks was a long time to entertain guests.
On the death of Scarron, in 1660, Anne of Austria continued his pension to his widow, and even increased it to 2000 livres a year, which enabled her to entertain and frequent the literary society her husband had made her acquainted with; but on the queen-mother's death in 1666 the king refused to continue her pension, and she prepared to leave Paris for Lisbon as lady attendant to the queen of Portugal.
He would entertain as many as 500 persons of rank at one time, besides relieving the poor of the vicinity twice a week.
In spite of the obviously trying circumstances, it's enlightening to entertain a guest who possesses some modicum of intelligence and civility.
Nearly 100 pupils from Christ's Hospital were invited to entertain the audience in the Church with an evening of music.
These two crazy critters aren't going anywhere as there popularity crossed the generation gap and continues to entertain kids and adults alike!
The Band of the Blues and Royals will entertain and play a fanfare on the Queen's arrival.
The games, created in traditional carnival style with a new futuristic twist, will engage and entertain concert goers before the shows.
Jupiter square Mercury The square of Mercury with Jupiter shows a tendency to entertain ideas too grandiose for realization.
The Court Steward and his Ladies of the Court entertain you in song accompanied by the harpist.
Without such support a young headman could not entertain.
Cloning can offer to entertain themselves get the kinks the news by.
Accelerated Culture were proudly hosting the drum & bass party and had booked an all-star lineup of DJs and MCs to entertain.
We have secured third spot in the league and entertain lowly Weybridge at home on Saturday with a shot at remaining unbeaten this year.
Hence, there is a case for the spiral maze theory which archeologists are willing to entertain.
He gives Emma just enough encouragement for her to entertain the notion of becoming his assistant for a new act.
On offer will be a guided exploration of eclectic wines to entertain the palate accompanied by pates, charcuterie and fine cheeses.
This DVD will reveal for the first time anywhere the real secrets of street pickpockets and how they can be used to entertain.
Rex specimen will enthrall, educate and entertain our visitors and students for generations to come.
Add to that the jazzy soundtrack and you have a series that will entertain you on many different levels.
Live, Scully entertain as much as they captivate, with their cocksure swagger, spitting out clever acurate lyrics that make you think.
Thus, though he looked on species as fixed, being the realization of an unchanging formative principle (c0vis), he seems, as Ueberweg observes, to have inclined to entertain the possibility of a spontaneous generation in the case of the lowest organisms.
Contact with the natives during the famine caused Lavigerie to entertain exaggerated hopes for their general conversion, and his enthusiasm was such that he offered to resign his archbishopric in order to devote himself entirely to the missions.
In 1895 the volksraad passed a resolution, in which they declared their readiness to entertain a proposition from the Transvaal in favour of some form of federal union.
The latter understood that she was being asked to entertain this young man, and sitting down beside him she began to speak about his father; but he answered her, as he had the countess, only in monosyllables.
Pierre disturbed the symmetry by moving a chair for himself, and Berg and Vera immediately began their evening party, interrupting each other in their efforts to entertain their guest.
I hope this T. rex specimen will enthrall, educate and entertain our visitors and students for generations to come.
Along with a supporting cast of funny friends, Toy Story will entertain the entire family with action, adventure and sidesplitting laughs !
Based on the belief shopping should be fun, sit-up channels engage and entertain whilst offering tremendous product quality and value for money.
Green vervet monkeys entertain you in the evenings beside the house in the bush !
Male voice choirs travel to all corners of the globe on St David 's day, to entertain Welsh Communities abroad.
For the longer journey we can even entertain you with our TV & Video to wile away the journey time.