entertained
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- adjective
- /ˌɛntərˈteɪnd/
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entretenido
- And again, people come for music, for sports to be entertained and for an escape.
And non dancers truly are only entertained by tricks.
- And non dancers truly are only entertained by tricks.
- You're not, you're just being entertained, You're practicing, you're you're just hanging out.
- We're here to be entertained because TGIF.
- So why are we so entertained by them?
- If you'd like to come be entertained for an hour of time, that's my job.
- I'm more entertained to be like on on the on which one?
Examples
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This is going to keep you entertained for days, weeks, months.
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Can you imagine being entertained by learning?
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We were all very entertained.
Fiction book (1993) -
We're here to be entertained because TGIF.
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Coupled with the performance that Aerosmith put on, I was extremely impressed and entertained.
Blog text (10) -
This was a great one. I was very entertained, especially when Roode managed to make Storm put his contendership on the line.
Blog text (4) -
The magician's tricks left the audience feeling entertained and amazed.
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Children were entertained by the puppet show in the park.
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After a long week, she looked forward to watching a movie that would keep her entertained.
Synonyms
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Feeling pleased and finding something funny or entertaining
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Very interested and full of wonder, unable to look away
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5.8
Amazed and very happy so you cannot look away
Very interested and pleased so you cannot stop watching or listening
Giving full attention to an activity or idea
Antonyms
How Entertained
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word entertained comes from Latin roots inter- ('among') and tenere ('to hold'), so it originally meant to 'hold' someone's attention. That's why to be entertained is to be 'held' by something pleasant or interesting, in other words 'amused' or 'pleasantly occupied'.