entertainment
/ˌɛn.(t)ɚˈteɪn.mənt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.60 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The delinquents are generally the adventurous type, who have little use for reading and other non-active entertainment."
- "Such abundance must be laid out on superfluous recreations, buildings, ornaments, furniture, equipage, attendants, entertainments, visitations, braveries, and a world of need-nots […]"
- ""This," said the matronly presence, ushering me into a low room on the right, "is where the Travellers sit by the fire, and cook what bits of suppers they buy with their fourpences." "O! Then they have no Entertainment?" said I. For the inscription over the outer door was still running in my head, and I was mentally repeating, in a kind of tune, "Lodging, entertainment, and fourpence each.""
- "He must think us some band of strangers i' the adversary's entertainment."
- "The entertainment of the general upon his first arrival was but six shillings and eight pence."
- "I prithee, shepherd, if that love or gold Can in this desert place buy entertainment, Bring us where we may rest ourselves and feed."
Etymology
From Middle English entretenement (“support, maintenance”), from Old French entretenement; see entertain. Morphologically entertain + -ment.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɛn.(t)ɚˈteɪn.mənt/
- British English: /ˌɛn.təˈteɪn.mənt/
Usage
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Derived Forms
Phrases
agri-entertainment
entertainment center
entertainment centre
entertainment value
light entertainment
military-entertainment complex
sports entertainment