Entertaiment

Article about Entertaiment

An act or an activity that holds the interest and attention of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be anything that occupies the mind and provides an outlet for imagination, such as a movie or game. It may also be a building or other facility that is devoted to such entertainment. The word derives from the Medieval Latin intertenere, which is formed from the prefix inter meaning “inside” and tenere, the root of the Indo-European word tense, which means to stretch. See the Related Articles below.

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