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# amusement

«amusement» in Mova's school dictionary: **The feeling of finding something funny** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (amusement, amusements)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The feeling of finding something funny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amusement/#m1)

2) Fun or entertainment; something that keeps you entertained. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amusement/#m2)

3) (plural) Rides and games at a fair or seaside, as in "amusements". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amusement/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday: amusement park, amusement arcade (UK seaside games). In stories: watch something in amusement, to someone's amusement. Phrases: amusement park, amusement arcade, in amusement, for amusement, much to my amusement.

### examples

- We went to the amusement park and rode the roller coaster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amusement/#x1)
- She watched the kittens in amusement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amusement/#x2)
- Much to our amusement, the teacher wore a funny hat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amusement/#x3)
- The seaside town had amusements on the pier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amusement/#x4)
- They played cards for amusement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amusement/#x5)
- There was little amusement on the rainy day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amusement/#x6)
- And this was her favorite amusement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amusement/#x7)

### note

Uncountable for the feeling, countable for rides and games (amusements). US often says "amusement park"; UK also "theme park" and "the amusements" (arcades).

### In the corpora

- [«Where's the amusement in that?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «amusement» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amusement/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.