If you want to entertain, you've got to hold people's attention, usually with something amusing. Clowns, music, silly jokes, and a good game of charades can all be used to entertain.
To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.
Verb
take into consideration, have in view; "He entertained the notion of moving to South America"
Verb
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"
Verb
provide entertainment for
v. t.
To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's
service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.
v. t.
To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to
receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To meet or encounter, as an enemy.
v. t.
To keep, hold, or maintain in the mind with favor; to
keep in the mind; to harbor; to cherish; as, to entertain sentiments.
v. t.
To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.
v. i.
To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as,
he entertains generously.
n.
Entertainment.
Entertain
You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred.2.
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained unawares.3.
The weary time she can not entertain.4.
I am not here going to entertain so large a theme as the philosophy of Locke.
A rumor gained ground, -- and, however absurd, was entertained by some very sensible people.5.
To baptize all nations, and entertain them into the services institutions of the holy Jesus.
Entertain
Entertain
To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.
To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests;
Entertainment.
Usage Examples
I want to tell my jokes. I want to have time with my children. I want to entertain people. And at one point, I'll walk away from show business. But I don't want to walk away empty-handed.
Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.
God does say He will graciously entertain our prayers. He says that if we exercise faith, and if our request is in accordance with His will, He will hear us.
Do not fear lest you should meditate too much upon Him and speak of Him in an unworthy way, providing you are led by faith. Do not fear lest you should entertain false opinions of Him so long as they are in conformity with the notion of the infinitely perfect Being.
He makes me laugh, Mick! He tended to turn up when we were having lunch and entertain us all. He bought an Enigma machine! I've never worked with a producer who was more famous than everyone put together.
My girlfriend Siri is a food blogger, and we both love to entertain and eat. This is what happens when you're in your thirties: what was once a passion and real appetite for nightlife in New York City manifests itself into other things, like entertaining at home.
My job is mostly to entertain and be funny.
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Other Usage ExamplesI always entertain great hopes.
I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not even fun sexually. I need to feel something for the woman and entertain the vain hope that it may lead to a relationship.
I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can't physically entertain any longer. It's what I was born to do, and I love this profession.
I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.
I went nearly 30 years without being able to really seriously entertain marriage or a family. In fact, the word 'marriage' would actually give me a shake when it was brought up.
I still think of that guy I was without a wife or kids, and I still want to entertain that guy. The lonely guy, the frustrated guy, the guy with no money - this is the guy who needs to laugh.
I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their daily lives and put smiles on their faces, as opposed to what I see it being now, which is a way for me to actually communicate, and a way for me to tap into my subconscious.
I have my ethics and morals. I have my anchor point of what is right and wrong in real life, but I'm not afraid to entertain any and every aspect of personality in relationship to creating a character.
First and foremost I am a commercial writer, and I hope to entertain people. But having said that, I'm in love with the relationship between humans and dogs, and the more I learned about what our military working dogs are doing, I wanted to at least share with people what an important role these animals have in all our lives.
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