Entertaiment

From the clown at the birthday party to Broadway, a stadium rock concert or your friends fighting over the last potato chip, entertainment is any activity that amuses, distracts, or holds interest. The word combines the medieval Latin prefix inter- and the suffix tenere, meaning “hold inside.” Some activities that were once considered entertaining, such as archery or fencing, have become serious sports and even professions for their participants, while developing into entertainment with wider appeal for larger audiences.

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