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| affording entertainment; amusing; diverting: We spent an entertaining evening at the theater. |
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| en·ter·tain
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v. en·ter·tained, en·ter·tain·ing, en·ter·tains v. tr.
v. intr.
[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
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adj. Agreeably diverting; amusing: The children staged an entertaining puppet show. en'ter·tain'ing·ly adv. |
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| entertaining | |
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| agreeably diverting; "an entertaining puppet show"; "films should be entertaining" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˌenterˈtaining adjective
amusing
Example: entertaining stories
See also: entertainer, entertain, entertainment, "entertaining" in any languageExample: entertaining stories
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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