Entertaiment is a wide category that includes anything from a simple game of scrabble for two to a major theater performance designed for thousands. It has come to be largely associated with amusement, although it may also take the form of ceremony, celebration, religious festival, or even satire.
The word entertain derives from the Latin intertenere and its Indo-European root ten, meaning to stretch out or keep up. Its first recorded use in English was in 1524. Entertainment is also a word that has spawned numerous puns, including TEN and Transformational Entertainment News. Click on the buttons below to see a list of related words and collocations.