Definition of entertain in English:

entertain

verbɛntəˈteɪnˌɛn(t)ərˈteɪn

[with object]

1Provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment.
给…娱乐，使快乐
a tremendous game that thoroughly entertained the crowd
一场使观众极度兴奋的精彩比赛。
Example sentencesExamples
- The event manager provides volunteers who entertain the children and make sure the adults also have fun.
- At least we were thoroughly entertained throughout our main course.
- Dedicated volunteers entertain the members with games of cards and bingo, while some just meet up for a chat and a cup of tea.
- Having bands and DJs is a good way to entertain your guests and bring in a crowd.
- Despite this, fielding gives essence to the game and entertains the fans.
- The game modes should provide the gamer a plethora of scenarios to challenge and entertain the user.
- The Captain entertains kids with magic tricks, games, crafts and fun activities designed to take their mind of being in hospital.
- They are easy to maintain, and can entertain their owners and themselves for hours.
- They will entertain the kids and accompany them on special bear trails.
- The recreation centre also has indoor games, magazines and a television set to entertain the highway users.
- Music and a raffle entertained the crowds amidst the stories of historic games and victories for the club.
- The fans are entertained, and the game can only benefit from the excitement.
- I longed to tell them the game had most likely been made to entertain babies, but I resisted.
- He was thoroughly entertained by a grotesque comedy that satirized a group of celebrities.
- We've got to be an organized team that is based on a skating game and entertains the fans.
- They maintain the enviable skill of being able to entertain an audience young and old.
- Some of those so called old-fashioned games can still entertain the crowd.
- Crowds jostle and a six-piece jazz band begins to entertain the captive audience as the rain sheets down outside.
- Whether that crowd consists of Elizabethan tradesmen or Harvard postmodernists, Shakespeare entertains his audiences while challenging them to think.
- Street performers from the world over entertain the crowd whilst buskers provide the soundtrack.
Synonyms
amuse, divert, distract, delight, please, charm, cheer, beguile, interest, fascinate, enthral, engage, involve, occupy, absorb, immerse, engross, preoccupy, hold the attention of
1. 1.1 Receive (someone) as a guest and provide them with food and drink.
  招待，款待
  a private dining room where members could entertain groups of friends
  供会员在此招待亲朋好友的雅座餐厅。
  no object Sunday lunchtime is the best time to entertain
  Example sentencesExamples
  Having bar furniture in your house, you will be able to entertain friends and guests more easily.
  Advertisers and invited guests were entertained to a lunch of Pembrokeshire produce.
  We spent countless summer nights entertaining family and friends in our new gazebo.
  Most families had a house for sleeping and a small cook house in the back, and some had a guest house for entertaining visitors.
  Two weeks after the wedding, the couple entertains family and friends at a gala called a ‘Second Sunday.’
  He often entertains family and friends coming to the wine country on weekends.
  Two hundred guests were entertained to an eloquent and sumptuous wedding feast in a very elaborate and stylish reception hall.
  I have no place to plant an herb garden, and there simply isn't room for us to entertain family and friends.
  It is on their behalf, therefore, that he is taking action if he entertains guests and gives them food and drink.
  ‘It is a splendid place to entertain guests or clients,’ says a member who asks not to be named.
  Synonyms
  receive, play host/hostess to, show hospitality to, invite to a meal/party, invite (round/over), ask (round/over), have (round/over), give someone a meal, throw a party for
  dine, wine and dine, feast, cater for, serve, feed, treat, welcome, host, fete
  receive guests, have guests, play host/hostess, provide hospitality, have people round/over, have company, hold/throw a party, keep open house, have a dinner/lunch party
2Give attention or consideration to (an idea or feeling)
对（意见，建议，感情）给予考虑（或注意）
Washington entertained little hope of an early improvement in relations
华盛顿对早日改善关系不抱希望。
Example sentencesExamples
- Ashamedly we did entertain the idea of making him swim to the station.
- Down the road, she is entertaining the idea of applying for a license to train young girls how to box.
- I would not expect them to even entertain the idea that they could report simultaneously as a battle was taking place.
- Again the retail sector's cynics refused to entertain the idea.
- Patrick only entertained these imaginings for a second before he dismissed them as childish and silly .
- However, if you've ever entertained the idea of catching a steelhead, the time to act is now.
- Unless there's a specific call about it, I can't even entertain the idea.
- What amazed me was that my company director entertained this idea and sounded genuinely interested in participating.
- When he came into her life, she had reached a stage where she was completely happy not to entertain the idea of marrying again.
- At the beginning of the hearing, I entertained considerable sympathy for the predicament in which he found himself.
- And he added that the company would be more than happy to entertain the idea of some sort of interchange if passengers wanted it.
- So I began entertaining the idea of making a martial arts film.
- Granted, the novel isn't gleeful, but there's enough levity to entertain the idea of lasting love.
- You say there are some compelling reasons to at least entertain the idea of lifting the ban.
- It is possible to entertain the idea that the bank had a point.
- The lawyer denied having entertained the idea for a second.
- She has been reported to entertain the idea of freezing the process of constitutional amendments altogether.
- I toured other churches, entertained different ideas, saw things from another perspective.
- One doesn't have to be a conspiracy theorist to entertain the idea.
- It allows us to entertain the idea of rebellion, diffusing that feeling without having to act upon it.
Synonyms
consider, give consideration to, take into consideration, think about, contemplate, give thought to, bear in mind
countenance, tolerate, brook, suffer, agree to, approve of, support

Origin

Late Middle English: from French entretenir, based on Latin inter 'among' + tenere 'to hold'. The word originally meant 'maintain, continue', later 'maintain in a certain condition, treat in a certain way', also 'show hospitality' (late 15th century).

This is based on Latin inter ‘among’ and tenere ‘to hold’. It originally meant ‘maintain, continue’; in the late 15th century it developed into ‘maintain in a certain condition, treat in a certain way’. The meaning ‘show hospitality’ developed from this in the same period. The noun entertainment dates from the early 16th century; its use for a public performance intended to amuse is early 18th century.

Rhymes

abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne

Definition of entertain in US English:

entertain

verbˌen(t)ərˈtānˌɛn(t)ərˈteɪn

[with object]

1Provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment.
给…娱乐，使快乐
a tremendous game that thoroughly entertained the crowd
一场使观众极度兴奋的精彩比赛。
Example sentencesExamples
- He was thoroughly entertained by a grotesque comedy that satirized a group of celebrities.
- Some of those so called old-fashioned games can still entertain the crowd.
- I longed to tell them the game had most likely been made to entertain babies, but I resisted.
- They will entertain the kids and accompany them on special bear trails.
- The Captain entertains kids with magic tricks, games, crafts and fun activities designed to take their mind of being in hospital.
- We've got to be an organized team that is based on a skating game and entertains the fans.
- The event manager provides volunteers who entertain the children and make sure the adults also have fun.
- The game modes should provide the gamer a plethora of scenarios to challenge and entertain the user.
- At least we were thoroughly entertained throughout our main course.
- They maintain the enviable skill of being able to entertain an audience young and old.
- Whether that crowd consists of Elizabethan tradesmen or Harvard postmodernists, Shakespeare entertains his audiences while challenging them to think.
- Music and a raffle entertained the crowds amidst the stories of historic games and victories for the club.
- Dedicated volunteers entertain the members with games of cards and bingo, while some just meet up for a chat and a cup of tea.
- Having bands and DJs is a good way to entertain your guests and bring in a crowd.
- Street performers from the world over entertain the crowd whilst buskers provide the soundtrack.
- They are easy to maintain, and can entertain their owners and themselves for hours.
- Crowds jostle and a six-piece jazz band begins to entertain the captive audience as the rain sheets down outside.
- Despite this, fielding gives essence to the game and entertains the fans.
- The recreation centre also has indoor games, magazines and a television set to entertain the highway users.
- The fans are entertained, and the game can only benefit from the excitement.
Synonyms
amuse, divert, distract, delight, please, charm, cheer, beguile, interest, fascinate, enthral, engage, involve, occupy, absorb, immerse, engross, preoccupy, hold the attention of
1. 1.1 Receive (someone) as a guest and provide them with food and drink.
  招待，款待
  a private dining room where members could entertain groups of friends
  供会员在此招待亲朋好友的雅座餐厅。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Advertisers and invited guests were entertained to a lunch of Pembrokeshire produce.
  Having bar furniture in your house, you will be able to entertain friends and guests more easily.
  ‘It is a splendid place to entertain guests or clients,’ says a member who asks not to be named.
  I have no place to plant an herb garden, and there simply isn't room for us to entertain family and friends.
  Two hundred guests were entertained to an eloquent and sumptuous wedding feast in a very elaborate and stylish reception hall.
  It is on their behalf, therefore, that he is taking action if he entertains guests and gives them food and drink.
  We spent countless summer nights entertaining family and friends in our new gazebo.
  Most families had a house for sleeping and a small cook house in the back, and some had a guest house for entertaining visitors.
  He often entertains family and friends coming to the wine country on weekends.
  Two weeks after the wedding, the couple entertains family and friends at a gala called a ‘Second Sunday.’
  Synonyms
  receive, play host to, play hostess to, show hospitality to, invite to a meal, invite to a party, invite, invite over, invite round, ask, ask over, ask round, have, have over, have round, give someone a meal, throw a party for
  receive guests, have guests, play host, play hostess, provide hospitality, have people over, have people round, have company, hold a party, throw a party, keep open house, have a dinner party, have a lunch party
2Give attention or consideration to (an idea, suggestion, or feeling)
对（意见，建议，感情）给予考虑（或注意）
Washington entertained little hope of an early improvement in relations
华盛顿对早日改善关系不抱希望。
Example sentencesExamples
- Unless there's a specific call about it, I can't even entertain the idea.
- So I began entertaining the idea of making a martial arts film.
- She has been reported to entertain the idea of freezing the process of constitutional amendments altogether.
- What amazed me was that my company director entertained this idea and sounded genuinely interested in participating.
- Granted, the novel isn't gleeful, but there's enough levity to entertain the idea of lasting love.
- It is possible to entertain the idea that the bank had a point.
- Down the road, she is entertaining the idea of applying for a license to train young girls how to box.
- When he came into her life, she had reached a stage where she was completely happy not to entertain the idea of marrying again.
- One doesn't have to be a conspiracy theorist to entertain the idea.
- I toured other churches, entertained different ideas, saw things from another perspective.
- Patrick only entertained these imaginings for a second before he dismissed them as childish and silly .
- At the beginning of the hearing, I entertained considerable sympathy for the predicament in which he found himself.
- The lawyer denied having entertained the idea for a second.
- Again the retail sector's cynics refused to entertain the idea.
- You say there are some compelling reasons to at least entertain the idea of lifting the ban.
- I would not expect them to even entertain the idea that they could report simultaneously as a battle was taking place.
- It allows us to entertain the idea of rebellion, diffusing that feeling without having to act upon it.
- And he added that the company would be more than happy to entertain the idea of some sort of interchange if passengers wanted it.
- Ashamedly we did entertain the idea of making him swim to the station.
- However, if you've ever entertained the idea of catching a steelhead, the time to act is now.
Synonyms
consider, give consideration to, take into consideration, think about, contemplate, give thought to, bear in mind

Origin

Late Middle English: from French entretenir, based on Latin inter ‘among’ + tenere ‘to hold’. The word originally meant ‘maintain, continue’, later ‘maintain in a certain condition, treat in a certain way’, also ‘show hospitality’ (late 15th century).

词汇	entertain
释义	Definition of entertain in English: entertain verbɛntəˈteɪnˌɛn(t)ərˈteɪn [with object] 1Provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment. 给…娱乐，使快乐 a tremendous game that thoroughly entertained the crowd 一场使观众极度兴奋的精彩比赛。 Example sentencesExamples The event manager provides volunteers who entertain the children and make sure the adults also have fun. At least we were thoroughly entertained throughout our main course. Dedicated volunteers entertain the members with games of cards and bingo, while some just meet up for a chat and a cup of tea. Having bands and DJs is a good way to entertain your guests and bring in a crowd. Despite this, fielding gives essence to the game and entertains the fans. The game modes should provide the gamer a plethora of scenarios to challenge and entertain the user. The Captain entertains kids with magic tricks, games, crafts and fun activities designed to take their mind of being in hospital. They are easy to maintain, and can entertain their owners and themselves for hours. They will entertain the kids and accompany them on special bear trails. The recreation centre also has indoor games, magazines and a television set to entertain the highway users. Music and a raffle entertained the crowds amidst the stories of historic games and victories for the club. The fans are entertained, and the game can only benefit from the excitement. I longed to tell them the game had most likely been made to entertain babies, but I resisted. He was thoroughly entertained by a grotesque comedy that satirized a group of celebrities. We've got to be an organized team that is based on a skating game and entertains the fans. They maintain the enviable skill of being able to entertain an audience young and old. Some of those so called old-fashioned games can still entertain the crowd. Crowds jostle and a six-piece jazz band begins to entertain the captive audience as the rain sheets down outside. Whether that crowd consists of Elizabethan tradesmen or Harvard postmodernists, Shakespeare entertains his audiences while challenging them to think. Street performers from the world over entertain the crowd whilst buskers provide the soundtrack. Synonyms amuse, divert, distract, delight, please, charm, cheer, beguile, interest, fascinate, enthral, engage, involve, occupy, absorb, immerse, engross, preoccupy, hold the attention of 1.1 Receive (someone) as a guest and provide them with food and drink. 招待，款待 a private dining room where members could entertain groups of friends 供会员在此招待亲朋好友的雅座餐厅。 no object Sunday lunchtime is the best time to entertain Example sentencesExamples Having bar furniture in your house, you will be able to entertain friends and guests more easily. Advertisers and invited guests were entertained to a lunch of Pembrokeshire produce. We spent countless summer nights entertaining family and friends in our new gazebo. Most families had a house for sleeping and a small cook house in the back, and some had a guest house for entertaining visitors. Two weeks after the wedding, the couple entertains family and friends at a gala called a ‘Second Sunday.’ He often entertains family and friends coming to the wine country on weekends. Two hundred guests were entertained to an eloquent and sumptuous wedding feast in a very elaborate and stylish reception hall. I have no place to plant an herb garden, and there simply isn't room for us to entertain family and friends. It is on their behalf, therefore, that he is taking action if he entertains guests and gives them food and drink. ‘It is a splendid place to entertain guests or clients,’ says a member who asks not to be named. Synonyms receive, play host/hostess to, show hospitality to, invite to a meal/party, invite (round/over), ask (round/over), have (round/over), give someone a meal, throw a party for dine, wine and dine, feast, cater for, serve, feed, treat, welcome, host, fete receive guests, have guests, play host/hostess, provide hospitality, have people round/over, have company, hold/throw a party, keep open house, have a dinner/lunch party 2Give attention or consideration to (an idea or feeling) 对（意见，建议，感情）给予考虑（或注意） Washington entertained little hope of an early improvement in relations 华盛顿对早日改善关系不抱希望。 Example sentencesExamples Ashamedly we did entertain the idea of making him swim to the station. Down the road, she is entertaining the idea of applying for a license to train young girls how to box. I would not expect them to even entertain the idea that they could report simultaneously as a battle was taking place. Again the retail sector's cynics refused to entertain the idea. Patrick only entertained these imaginings for a second before he dismissed them as childish and silly . However, if you've ever entertained the idea of catching a steelhead, the time to act is now. Unless there's a specific call about it, I can't even entertain the idea. What amazed me was that my company director entertained this idea and sounded genuinely interested in participating. When he came into her life, she had reached a stage where she was completely happy not to entertain the idea of marrying again. At the beginning of the hearing, I entertained considerable sympathy for the predicament in which he found himself. And he added that the company would be more than happy to entertain the idea of some sort of interchange if passengers wanted it. So I began entertaining the idea of making a martial arts film. Granted, the novel isn't gleeful, but there's enough levity to entertain the idea of lasting love. You say there are some compelling reasons to at least entertain the idea of lifting the ban. It is possible to entertain the idea that the bank had a point. The lawyer denied having entertained the idea for a second. She has been reported to entertain the idea of freezing the process of constitutional amendments altogether. I toured other churches, entertained different ideas, saw things from another perspective. One doesn't have to be a conspiracy theorist to entertain the idea. It allows us to entertain the idea of rebellion, diffusing that feeling without having to act upon it. Synonyms consider, give consideration to, take into consideration, think about, contemplate, give thought to, bear in mind countenance, tolerate, brook, suffer, agree to, approve of, support Origin Late Middle English: from French entretenir, based on Latin inter 'among' + tenere 'to hold'. The word originally meant 'maintain, continue', later 'maintain in a certain condition, treat in a certain way', also 'show hospitality' (late 15th century). This is based on Latin inter ‘among’ and tenere ‘to hold’. It originally meant ‘maintain, continue’; in the late 15th century it developed into ‘maintain in a certain condition, treat in a certain way’. The meaning ‘show hospitality’ developed from this in the same period. The noun entertainment dates from the early 16th century; its use for a public performance intended to amuse is early 18th century. Rhymes abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne Definition of entertain in US English: entertain verbˌen(t)ərˈtānˌɛn(t)ərˈteɪn [with object] 1Provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment. 给…娱乐，使快乐 a tremendous game that thoroughly entertained the crowd 一场使观众极度兴奋的精彩比赛。 Example sentencesExamples He was thoroughly entertained by a grotesque comedy that satirized a group of celebrities. Some of those so called old-fashioned games can still entertain the crowd. I longed to tell them the game had most likely been made to entertain babies, but I resisted. They will entertain the kids and accompany them on special bear trails. The Captain entertains kids with magic tricks, games, crafts and fun activities designed to take their mind of being in hospital. We've got to be an organized team that is based on a skating game and entertains the fans. The event manager provides volunteers who entertain the children and make sure the adults also have fun. The game modes should provide the gamer a plethora of scenarios to challenge and entertain the user. At least we were thoroughly entertained throughout our main course. They maintain the enviable skill of being able to entertain an audience young and old. Whether that crowd consists of Elizabethan tradesmen or Harvard postmodernists, Shakespeare entertains his audiences while challenging them to think. Music and a raffle entertained the crowds amidst the stories of historic games and victories for the club. Dedicated volunteers entertain the members with games of cards and bingo, while some just meet up for a chat and a cup of tea. Having bands and DJs is a good way to entertain your guests and bring in a crowd. Street performers from the world over entertain the crowd whilst buskers provide the soundtrack. They are easy to maintain, and can entertain their owners and themselves for hours. Crowds jostle and a six-piece jazz band begins to entertain the captive audience as the rain sheets down outside. Despite this, fielding gives essence to the game and entertains the fans. The recreation centre also has indoor games, magazines and a television set to entertain the highway users. The fans are entertained, and the game can only benefit from the excitement. Synonyms amuse, divert, distract, delight, please, charm, cheer, beguile, interest, fascinate, enthral, engage, involve, occupy, absorb, immerse, engross, preoccupy, hold the attention of 1.1 Receive (someone) as a guest and provide them with food and drink. 招待，款待 a private dining room where members could entertain groups of friends 供会员在此招待亲朋好友的雅座餐厅。 Example sentencesExamples Advertisers and invited guests were entertained to a lunch of Pembrokeshire produce. Having bar furniture in your house, you will be able to entertain friends and guests more easily. ‘It is a splendid place to entertain guests or clients,’ says a member who asks not to be named. I have no place to plant an herb garden, and there simply isn't room for us to entertain family and friends. Two hundred guests were entertained to an eloquent and sumptuous wedding feast in a very elaborate and stylish reception hall. It is on their behalf, therefore, that he is taking action if he entertains guests and gives them food and drink. We spent countless summer nights entertaining family and friends in our new gazebo. Most families had a house for sleeping and a small cook house in the back, and some had a guest house for entertaining visitors. He often entertains family and friends coming to the wine country on weekends. Two weeks after the wedding, the couple entertains family and friends at a gala called a ‘Second Sunday.’ Synonyms receive, play host to, play hostess to, show hospitality to, invite to a meal, invite to a party, invite, invite over, invite round, ask, ask over, ask round, have, have over, have round, give someone a meal, throw a party for receive guests, have guests, play host, play hostess, provide hospitality, have people over, have people round, have company, hold a party, throw a party, keep open house, have a dinner party, have a lunch party 2Give attention or consideration to (an idea, suggestion, or feeling) 对（意见，建议，感情）给予考虑（或注意） Washington entertained little hope of an early improvement in relations 华盛顿对早日改善关系不抱希望。 Example sentencesExamples Unless there's a specific call about it, I can't even entertain the idea. So I began entertaining the idea of making a martial arts film. She has been reported to entertain the idea of freezing the process of constitutional amendments altogether. What amazed me was that my company director entertained this idea and sounded genuinely interested in participating. Granted, the novel isn't gleeful, but there's enough levity to entertain the idea of lasting love. It is possible to entertain the idea that the bank had a point. Down the road, she is entertaining the idea of applying for a license to train young girls how to box. When he came into her life, she had reached a stage where she was completely happy not to entertain the idea of marrying again. One doesn't have to be a conspiracy theorist to entertain the idea. I toured other churches, entertained different ideas, saw things from another perspective. Patrick only entertained these imaginings for a second before he dismissed them as childish and silly . At the beginning of the hearing, I entertained considerable sympathy for the predicament in which he found himself. The lawyer denied having entertained the idea for a second. Again the retail sector's cynics refused to entertain the idea. You say there are some compelling reasons to at least entertain the idea of lifting the ban. I would not expect them to even entertain the idea that they could report simultaneously as a battle was taking place. It allows us to entertain the idea of rebellion, diffusing that feeling without having to act upon it. And he added that the company would be more than happy to entertain the idea of some sort of interchange if passengers wanted it. Ashamedly we did entertain the idea of making him swim to the station. However, if you've ever entertained the idea of catching a steelhead, the time to act is now. Synonyms consider, give consideration to, take into consideration, think about, contemplate, give thought to, bear in mind Origin Late Middle English: from French entretenir, based on Latin inter ‘among’ + tenere ‘to hold’. The word originally meant ‘maintain, continue’, later ‘maintain in a certain condition, treat in a certain way’, also ‘show hospitality’ (late 15th century).
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