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Main Entry:	entertainment [en-ter-teyn-muhnt] Show IPA/ˌɛntərˈteɪnmənt/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	amusement, pleasure
Synonyms:	ball, bash, big time, blast, blow out, celebration, cheer, clambake, delight, dissipation, distraction, diversion, divertissement, enjoyment, feast, frolic, fun, fun and games, gaiety, game, good time, grins, high time, laughs, leisure activity, lots of laughs, merriment, merrymaking, party, pastime, picnic, play, recreation, regalement, relaxation, relief, revelry, satisfaction, shindig, sport, spree, surprise, treat, wingding
Antonyms:	chore, drudgery, labor, task, work

* = informal/non-formal usage
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Main Entry:	activity
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	special interest or pursuit
Synonyms:	act, avocation, bag, ballgame, bit, deed, endeavor, enterprise, entertainment, game, hobby, job, labor, occupation, pastime, project, racket, scene*, scheme, stunt, task, trip, undertaking, venture, work, zoo
Antonyms:	hate

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	affair
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	party or celebration
Synonyms:	do, entertainment, function, gathering, reception, shindig, soiree

Example Sentences

Merlin's push comes amid increased jockeying by the media giants that dominate this corner of the entertainment industry.

Retailers and purveyors of entertainment increasingly know our buying history and the vagaries of our unique tastes.

The digital revolution in entertainment was expected to sweep all before it.

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Merlin's push comes amid increased jockeying by the media giants that dominate this corner of the entertainment industry.

Retailers and purveyors of entertainment increasingly know our buying history and the vagaries of our unique tastes.

The digital revolution in entertainment was expected to sweep all before it.

Waterborne entertainment and sustenance from paddling mariachis and taco sellers in canoes.

Science meets entertainment at the bottom of the sea.

There are many benefits to this heritage beyond simple entertainment value.

As they bond over its preparation, dinner becomes entertainment and the meal rolled into one.

Of course, there was also plenty of entertainment that didn't require a lot of money.

His fans have a history of following him across the entertainment spectrum.

Discusses the area's shift from a major shipping port to a place known for leisure and entertainment.

There has never been so much choice in entertainment.

Knowing they had support seemed to make students less concerned about depleting their mental energy on mere entertainment.

Or you can wait until it's available to rent, or stream, or watch in whatever way you manage your home movie entertainment.

The revitalized railway featured vintage trains and cowboy-style entertainment.

The entertainment industry is blowing it once again.

Facebook has another advantage as an entertainment platform.

The vagueness of the legislation means that the authorities may prosecute for lavish entertainment as well as more blatant bribes.

When it comes to rationality and entertainment, entertainment wins.

Entertainment provides money and can be done to educate at the same time.

It's also my mother's favorite entertainment for visitors.

And he realized that these commonalities could make for great entertainment.

Big changes are afoot in the global adult entertainment business.

It is worth discouraging people from seeking advice from those who are, essentially, involved in the entertainment industry.

At some point, it was hard to separate my academic and entertainment interests.

The comment entertainment value made it a worthier read.

To me, a cottontail in the backyard provides more entertainment than a bunch of flowers.

Researchers are finding that some of the best applications of the software focus on therapy rather than entertainment.

Metropolises that offer superb art, history and entertainment.

As researchers detail the physical benefits of some video entertainment systems, manufacturers aim to capitalize on the results.

No matter what period you live in, monsters, heroes and captured maidens make for good entertainment.

Lottery tickets provide a small amount of hope and entertainment.

Starbucks shook up its entertainment division in the latest bid by the company to invigorate its sagging sales.

She provided quiet entertainment to him but it was still unorthodox.

Seen by outsiders as entertainment due to the singing, dancing, and colorful.

Children are being smothered by virtual entertainment and controlled environments.

At these one-stop nightspots, you can have your entertainment and eat it.

Exploring whether and how entertainment skills can foster understanding, and involvement, in science and innovation.

The earliest educational video games leaned far more toward entertainment than education.

Perhaps there are so many new forms of entertainment that spectacles have become commonplace.

In prime time the network offers broad-based news, talk, and entertainment programming.

Starbucks has revamped its entertainment division in the latest bid by the company to invigorate its sagging sales.

For a single monthly fee, you can buy all your communications and entertainment services from one company, and receive one bill.

Weekends on the network feature talk and entertainment programming.

Go back in time and enjoy some of the same activities the pioneers had for entertainment such as foot races, games, and crafts.

Voxonic has high hopes for its application, both in the entertainment industry and beyond.

Apparently, they interviewed me purely for entertainment.

Get it right, though, and you have a withering form of criticism and an immortal entertainment rolled into one.

We're always on the lookout for great new adventure flicks to post for your entertainment.

Moreover the need of child entertainment is also not given much importance here.

So we've been the entertainment for the village, rather than vice versa.

Those things were my inspiration in terms of entertainment.

The cabinets and countertop along an entertainment bar mirror the kitchen connecting the two.

Cheerleading's purpose is to entertain others and the entertainment of the individuals participating is a by product.

As if an animal cares more that its death is for entertainment or for nutrition.

It is a central switching station for global entertainment.

But never forget that news is an entertainment business.

People the world over got caught up in entertainment and gradualy stopped productive work and paying taxes.

Craft demonstrations and local musical entertainment also take place in the park.

Manufacturing companies, software developers and the entertainment industry seem to operate well in the for profit area.

Visitors can enjoy live entertainment from mariachi performers and folklorico dancers.

These fora are as much for entertainment as they are for information.

No more should be taken or bred for captive entertainment.

Food, arts and crafts vendors on site plus entertainment for children.

And of the four entertainment questions, one is on golf.

Still, she emphasizes that it is a real research instrument, not a virtual-reality environment for entertainment.

But it has become something of a mecca for the entertainment industry.

The news and entertainment media tend to invent a fictional world that justifies and elevates their counter-position to.

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Main Entry:	amusement
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	entertaining, making someone laugh
Synonyms:	action, ball, beguilement, cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, field day, fun, fun and games, gladdening, gratification, grins, high time, hilarity, hoopla, laughs, laughter, merriment, merry go round, mirth, picnic, play, pleasing, pleasure, regalement, whoopee
Antonyms:	boredom

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	amusement
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	game, pastime
Synonyms:	distraction, diversion, entertainment, hobby, interest, joke, lark, play, prank, recreation, sport
Antonyms:	work

Main Entry:	distraction
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	having one's attention drawn away
Synonyms:	aberration, abstraction, agitation, amusement, beguilement, bewilderment, commotion, complication, confusion, disorder, dissipation, disturbance, diversion, divertissement, engrossment, entertainment, frenzy, game, interference, interruption, pastime, perplexity, preoccupation, recreation

Main Entry:	dramatization
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	drama
Synonyms:	dramatics, entertainment, melodrama

Main Entry:	enjoyment
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	delight in something
Synonyms:	amusement, delectation, diversion, enjoying, entertainment, fruition, fun, gladness, gratification, gusto, happiness, hedonism, indulgence, joy, loving, luxury, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, relish, satisfaction, savor, self-indulgence, sensuality, thrill, triumph, zest
Antonyms:	displeasure, dissatisfaction, misery, sorrow, unhappiness, woe

Main Entry:	feast
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	banquet and celebration
Synonyms:	barbecue, big feed, blow, blowout, carnival, carousal, clambake, dinner, entertainment*, fest, festival, festivity, fete, fiesta, gala, jollification, merrymaking, picnic, potlatch, refreshment, regale, repast, spread, treat, wassail

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