Definizione monolingua

entertainment

entertainment (plural entertainments)

1. An activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.
   • 1957, William O. Douglas, Roth v. United States:

     The delinquents are generally the adventurous type, who have little use for reading and other non-active entertainment.

2. a show put on for the enjoyment or amusement of others
3. (obsolete) maintenance or support
   • 1854?, Charles Dickens, The Seven Poor Travellers:

     ""This,"" said the matronly presence, ushering me into a low room on the right, ""is where the Travellers sit by the fire, and cook what bits of suppers they buy with their fourpences.""

     ""O! Then they have no Entertainment?"" said I. For the inscription over the outer door was still running in my head, and I was mentally repeating, in a kind of tune, ""Lodging, entertainment, and fourpence each.""

4. Admission into service; service.
   • 1601-1608, William Shakespeare, Alls Well That Ends Well:

     He must think us some band of strangers i the adversarys entertainment.

5. (obsolete) Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.
   • Sir John Davies

     The entertainment of the general upon his first arrival was but six shillings and eight pence.

Definizione dizionario entertainment

	intrattenimento
	An activity that is diverting and that holds the attention.

divertimento

	svago
	Amusment, pleasure, or diversion.

conversazione

gioco

passatempo

ricevimento

spasso

spettacolo

trattenimento

Altri significati:

show for enjoyment

activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation

An activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.

(obsolete) maintenance or support

(obsolete) Payment of soldiers or servants; wages.

a show put on for the enjoyment or amusement of others

Admission into service; service.