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[ verb ] provide entertainment for
Used in print (The Providence Journal...)( Several times recently I have wondered whether shows were being staged for the sake of the script or just to entertain the audience with the spectacle of scenery being shifted right in_front_of their eyes . (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)They assured him that they did not expect or need to be entertained . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)The oyabun was entertaining a group of dignitaries , the secretary said , businessmen from Tokyo for_the_most_part , and Kayabashi wished to show them the mission . (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)I decided I hated the Pedersen kid too , dying in our kitchen while I was away where I could n't watch , dying just to entertain Hans and making me go_up snapping steps and down a drafty hall , Pa lumped under the covers at the end like dung covered with snow , snoring and whistling . (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)The audience had come not to be entertained but to judge . Related terms |
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[ verb ] take into consideration, have in view
Synonyms Examples "He entertained the notion of moving to South America" Used in print (Anita Loos, No Mother to Guide Her....)A dreadful fear entered my consciousness that perhaps he had entertained aspirations toward Viola 's favors - or , even more serious perhaps , that he had attained a share of them and had then been superseded by some luckier chap . Related terms |
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