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–adjective

affording entertainment; amusing; diverting: We spent an entertaining evening at the theater.

[Origin: 1615–25; entertain + -ing²

]

—Related forms

en·ter·tain·ing·ly, adverb

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en·ter·tain Audio Help   (ěn'tər-tān') Pronunciation Key
v.   en·ter·tained, en·ter·tain·ing, en·ter·tains

v.   tr.

To hold the attention of with something amusing or diverting. See Synonyms at amuse.
To extend hospitality toward: entertain friends at dinner.
1. To consider; contemplate: entertain an idea.
2. To hold in mind; harbor: entertained few illusions.
Archaic To continue with; maintain.
Obsolete To employ; hire.
To give admittance to; receive.

v. intr.

To show hospitality to guests.
To provide entertainment.

[Middle English entertinen, to maintain, from Old French entretenir, from Medieval Latin intertenēre : Latin inter, among; see inter- + Latin tenēre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

en'ter·tain'er n.

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en·ter·tain·ing Audio Help (ěn'tər-tā'nĭng) Pronunciation Key
adj. Agreeably diverting; amusing: The children staged an entertaining puppet show.

en'ter·tain'ing·ly adv.

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entertaining
adjective
agreeably diverting; "an entertaining puppet show"; "films should be entertaining"

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ˌenterˈtaining adjective

amusing
Example: entertaining stories

Arabic:	مُسَلٍّ
Chinese (Simplified):	有趣的
Chinese (Traditional):	有趣的
Czech:	zábavný
Danish:	underholdende
Dutch:	amusant
Estonian:	huvitav
Finnish:	huvittava
French:	divertissant
German:	unterhaltend
Greek:	διασκεδαστικός
Hungarian:	szórakoztató
Icelandic:	skemmtilegur
Indonesian:	menghibur
Italian:	divertente

Japanese:	愉快な
Korean:	재미있는
Latvian:	uzjautrinošs; izklaidējošs
Lithuanian:	linksmas
Norwegian:	underholdende, morsom
Polish:	zabawny
Portuguese (Brazil):	divertido
Portuguese (Portugal):	divertido
Romanian:	distractiv, amuzant
Russian:	развлекательный
Slovak:	zábavný
Slovenian:	zabaven
Spanish:	divertido, entretenido
Swedish:	underhåll-ande
Turkish:	eğlendirici

See also: entertainer, entertain, entertainment

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Entertaining

En`ter*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entertained; p. pr. & vb. n. Entertaining.] [F. entretenir; entre between (L. inter) + tenir to hold, L. tenere. See Tenable.]

1. To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.

You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred. --Shak.

2. To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest.

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained unawares. --Heb. xiii. 2.

3. To engage the attention of agreeably; to amuse with that which makes the time pass pleasantly; to divert; as, to entertain friends with conversation, etc.

The weary time she can not entertain. --Shak.

4. To give reception to; to receive, in general; to receive and take into consideration; to admit, treat, or make use of; as, to entertain a proposal.

I am not here going to entertain so large a theme as the philosophy of Locke. --De Quincey.

A rumor gained ground, -- and, however absurd, was entertained by some very sensible people. --Hawthorne.

5. To meet or encounter, as an enemy. [Obs.] --Shak.

6. To keep, hold, or maintain in the mind with favor; to keep in the mind; to harbor; to cherish; as, to entertain sentiments.

7. To lead on; to bring along; to introduce. [Obs.]

To baptize all nations, and entertain them into the services institutions of the holy Jesus. --Jer. Taylor.

Syn: To amuse; divert; maintain. See Amuse.

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