Meaning & use
entertain
To provide amusement or enjoyment for someone, or to host guests socially.
See it in a sentence
The clown entertained the children with balloon animals and silly jokes.
They love to entertain, hosting dinner parties almost every weekend.
A note on using this word
Entertain also means to consider an idea seriously, as in 'entertain the possibility', a formal, less common sense.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
bore
Another way to use it
2. verb
To give serious thought or consideration to an idea, possibility, or proposal.
The board refused to even entertain the idea of canceling the project.
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