entertainment

«entertainment» in Mova's school dictionary: things that people enjoy watching or doing for fun, like… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (entertainment, entertainments; mostly uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Entertainment is things that people enjoy watching or doing for fun, like films, shows, music, games and sport. tree →

2) Entertainment is the act of amusing people. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, families choose entertainment for evenings and parties. In lessons about media, children learn the difference between entertainment, news and adverts. Phrases: «for entertainment», «the entertainment industry», «entertainment centre», «provide entertainment».

examples

• The clown provided the entertainment at the party. tree →
• What do you do for entertainment on rainy days? tree →
• Television is a kind of entertainment. tree →
• The school fair had food, games and entertainment. tree →
• For entertainment, we played charades. tree →
• The film was great entertainment for the whole family. tree →
• Some videos look like news but are just entertainment. tree →
• Every day was a festival; balls and entertainments followed one another. tree →

note

Usually uncountable: «a lot of entertainment». From the verb «entertain» and adjective «entertaining». Watch out: online content made for entertainment is not always true. Not a number word.

In the corpora

• Gossip about a famous person's love life is entertainment, not real news, and much of it is guessing from photos.
• Product placement is when companies pay to show their products in films and shows; it is advertising hidden in entertainment.
• Product placement is when companies pay for their products to appear in films or shows; it is advertising hidden in entertainment.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «entertainment» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.