Entertain

Verb

 * 1)  To amuse (someone);.
 * The motivational speaker not only instructed but also entertained the audience.
 * 1)  To have someone over at one's home for a party or visit.
 * They enjoy entertaining a lot.
 * 1)  To have a thought in mind.
 * The committee would like to entertain the idea of reducing the budget figures.

Derived terms

 * entertainer
 * entertaining
 * entertainment

Adverbs for Entertain
momentarily; seriously; pretentiously; fabulously; jovially; charmingly; extensively lavishly; sumptuously; gravely; royally tolerably; gaily; steadily; hospitably vaguely; ponderously; uniformly; erroneously; rudely; incessantly; boisterously; casually; cleverly; musically; laboriously; incidentally; sparklingly; fitfully.

Thesaurus
accommodate, admit, allow, amuse, amusement, bear, beguile, bestow, billet, board, bosom, cater to, cherish, cling to, clip, consider, contemplate, convulse, cultivate, delight, disport, dissipation, distraction, diversion, divert, divertissement, do the honors, domicile, embosom, embrace, enjoyment, enliven, entertain guests, entertainment, exhilarate, feed, fondle, foster, fracture one, gaiety, give a party, gladden, gratify, guest, harbor, have, have and hold, hold, hold on to, host, house, hug, inquire into, invite, keep, kill, knock dead, lodge, loosen up, maintain, nourish, nurse, nurture, occupy, play, please, pleasure, preside, put up, quarter, raise a laugh, raise a smile, receive, recreate, recreation, refresh, regale, rejoice, relax, relaxation, relief, room, see about, slay, sleep upon, solace, sport, support, sustain, take under advisement, take under consideration, think it over, throw a party, tickle, titillate, tolerate, treasure, treasure up, treat, wow

Etymology
From entretenir: < entre: + tenir: <  inter: + teneo:.

Translations

 * Catalan: entretenir, divertir, distreure
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: lõbustama
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: unterhalten


 * Hebrew: בידר
 * Latin: remittor, remitto me
 * Russian: развлекать, развлечь
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: underhålla
 * Welsh: diddori


 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Hebrew:


 * Latin: oblecto
 * Russian: развлекаться, развлечься


 * Albanian: argëtoj
 * German: unterhalten
 * Hungarian: szórakoztat
 * Interlingua: intertener
 * Italian: divertire
 * Japanese: 楽しませる (tanoshimaseru), 歓待する (kantaisuru), もてなす (motenasu)
 * Portuguese: entreter
 * Slovene: zabavati
 * Spanish: entretener
 * Spanish: divertir

Anagrams

 * Tarentine