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# entertain

«entertain» in Mova's school dictionary: **to amuse them and keep them interested, for example with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (entertain, entertains, entertained, entertaining)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To entertain people is to amuse them and keep them interested, for example with a show, a joke or a game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertain/#m1)

2) To entertain guests is to invite them and give them food and drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertain/#m2)

3) To entertain an idea is to think about it seriously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertain/#m3)

4) To entertain an feeling, such as hatred or dislike, means to keep it in your mind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertain/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories clowns, singers and magicians entertain audiences; children entertain younger siblings; families entertain guests at home. Phrases: «entertain the children», «entertain guests», «keep someone entertained».

### examples

- The clown entertained the children with tricks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertain/#x1)
- Mum and Dad love to entertain friends at weekends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertain/#x2)
- Can you entertain your brother while I cook? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertain/#x3)
- The puppy kept us entertained for hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertain/#x4)
- The street musician entertained the crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertain/#x5)
- Books can entertain us and teach us too. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertain/#x6)
- She would not entertain the idea of giving up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertain/#x7)
- Who is there that entertains enmity against you?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entertain/#x8)

### note

Regular verb. Nouns: «entertainment», «entertainer»; adjective: «entertaining». Stress on «TAIN». Advertisements and some videos entertain you but also try to sell you things; notice both.

### Trees and pragmatics

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