Usually means: Provide amusement or enjoyment to.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word entertain:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. entertain: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. entertain: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. entertain: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. entertain: Collins English Dictionary
  5. entertain: Vocabulary.com
  6. Entertain, entertain: Wordnik
  7. entertain: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. entertain: Wiktionary
  9. entertain: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. entertain: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. entertain: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Entertain, entertain: Dictionary.com
  13. entertain: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. entertain: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Entertain: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Entertain: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. entertain: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. entertain: Rhymezone
  19. entertain: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. entertain: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. entertain: Free Dictionary
  22. entertain: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. entertain: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. entertain: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. entertain: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. entertain: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. entertain: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Entertain: Easton Bible

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) to amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably
verb:  (transitive and intransitive) to have someone over at one's home for a party or visit
verb:  (transitive) to receive and take into consideration; to have a thought in mind
verb:  (obsolete) to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbour; to keep
verb:  (obsolete) to meet or encounter, as an enemy
verb:  (obsolete) to lead on; to bring along; to introduce
verb:  (Philippines, business) to help; to assist
noun:  (obsolete) Entertainment; pleasure.
noun:  (obsolete) Reception of a guest; welcome.

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