to entertain
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4.2
- verb
- /ˌɛntərˈteɪn/
:
considerar
- At the beginning of the transition, most Bulgarians entertained high hopes for improving environmental quality.
- entertain the possibility
- entertain the idea
- entertain the thought
So I'm happy to entertain any questions or comments.
- So I'm happy to entertain any questions or comments.
- No one is willing to entertain my denials at all.
- So it's nice to entertain those different points of view.
- Because again, it's not just about not entertaining the options.
- So so now, now I'm willing to entertain all of this.
- So hopefully that creates a space of willingness to entertain a new way.
- Let's also entertain some critical thought around those ideas.
- And that suggests that Marx was willing to entertain all sorts of possible scenarios.
- The second is we generally struggle as humans to entertain two opposing ideas.
- So thank you for entertaining my simple question so kindly.
- Is that what you have in mind when you are entertaining the idea of a national divorce?
- We're still in this world where, you know, we'll entertain ridiculous issues like that.
- But you were able to engage in that moment of entertaining the possibility that you were wrong.
- That's So what we have to entertain that one possibility.
- Because you entertain the Verity of the insult.
- And they they don't really entertain the conversation, right.
- Like I've heard it all, like I've entertained it, right.
Examples
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Global economic developments have forced Japan to entertain "new thinking" about the Asian-Pacific economic framework.
Academic text (1991) -
So hopefully that creates a space of willingness to entertain a new way.
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So it's nice to entertain those different points of view.
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And with that, I would entertain any questions.
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Let's also entertain some critical thought around those ideas.
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At some point I think he would entertain the idea of Real Madrid or others.
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So I'm happy to entertain any questions or comments.
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Why are you not willing to entertain the idea of foul play?
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I've done that well, and it's time for me to, like, entertain the idea of dating.
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It's important to entertain the possibility of new solutions when facing challenges.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To give attention to something in your mind
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1.0
Keep a person or thing in your mind when making plans
471
2.3
To study something carefully to learn more about it
134
4.3
Think carefully for a long time about something
29
4.5
To think about an idea or plan without deciding
Antonyms
How Deep
53
5.2
186
4.8
134
4.3
∞
1.1
82
4.2
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
entertain = en + tain
The sense 'to consider or hold in mind' is a direct extension of the root meaning 'hold' and can be inferred from en- + tain by learners who recognize the combining form.
Etymology
The word entertain comes from old parts en- 'in' and -tain 'hold', so it originally meant to 'hold' something in the mind. That's why to entertain an idea is to allow yourself to 'hold' and think about that thought.