Definitions for entertaining

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entertaining en·ter·tain·ing

Spelling: [en-ter-tey-ning]

IPA: /ˌɛn tərˈteɪ nɪŋ/

Entertaining is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 496 anagrams from letters in entertaining (aeegiinnnrtt).

Definitions for entertaining

adjective

1. affording entertainment; amusing; diverting:

verb (used with object)

1. to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse.
2. to have as a guest; provide food, lodging, etc., for; show hospitality to.
3. to admit into the mind; consider:
4. to hold in the mind; harbor; cherish:
5. Archaic. to maintain or keep up.
6. Obsolete. to give admittance or reception to; receive.

verb (used without object)

1. to exercise hospitality; entertain company; provide entertainment for guests:

Origin of entertaining

First recorded in 1615-25; entertain + -ing²

Examples for entertaining

Bop had produced self-conscious artists who refused to bow to conventional assumptions of what was entertaining.

Naturally he will be asked about everywhere, and there'll be loads of entertaining to do in return.

In the end, his account is an entertaining reminder that sometimes, the truth really is better than fiction.

So she has chosen the path as her literary heroes, Charles Dickens and George Orwell: the entertaining but didactic novel.

The first, while entertaining, is the less revelatory of the two.

I have very strong reasons indeed, for entertaining that wish.

Their manner of entertaining their guests is familiar and kind.

Hosts are vetted carefully, both for their cooking and entertaining skills.

I find the study of electricity so entertaining that I am apt to neglect my other work.'

The wine account—there is one, but it ought to be Mrs. Whitney's; for entertaining.