The clown at a birthday party, a Broadway show, a stadium rock concert, or your friends fighting over the last potato chip—these are all examples of entertainment. From the Old French entretenir, meaning to hold together or support, entertainment has come to mean amusement or distraction. Click on a collocation to see more examples.
Entertaiment is a key cultural category that provides products and services to keep people engaged and up to date, with the potential to influence public discourse and create shared meaning.
