Whether you’re downloading new music through Internet exchanges with friends, watching independent films or catching low-brow theater, entertaiment is at your fingertips. In fact, some of the best entertaiment is produced by people who don’t fit neatly into any industry category. These examples have been programmatically compiled from online sources to illustrate current usage of the word “entertainment.” As with all words in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, definitions are subject to change over time. Send us feedback.
The word entertain comes from the Medieval Latin inter tenere, which means “to hold inside.” Its root is a Indo-European word, ten, that meant to stretch or extend.