{
    "term": "entertainment",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "films, music, etc. used to entertain people; an example of this",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "radio, television and other **forms of entertainment**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There will be **live entertainment** at the party."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was typical **family entertainment**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was not something you would watch for **light entertainment**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A folk band **provided the entertainment**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Local entertainments are listed in the newspaper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **entertainment industry/business**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The show was good **entertainment value**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's pure entertainment and there's nothing wrong with that."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Movies were the new mass entertainment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Passengers can enjoy free nightly entertainment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Soaps like ‘Neighbours’ are pure entertainment and there is nothing wrong with that."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The films were bought chiefly for their entertainment value."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The leading piece of entertainment news in the US is the Oscars."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The television was his only source of entertainment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They laid on lavish entertainment for their guests."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tokyo's entertainment district"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Vote for your top light entertainment show."
                },
                {
                    "text": "places of entertainment such as cinemas and theatres"
                },
                {
                    "text": "stars from the world of entertainment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the half-time entertainment at football games"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The stories will be judged purely on their entertainment value."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was no TV or radio so we had to make our own entertainment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the airline's in-flight entertainment channel"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["lavish", "pure", "good"],
                "verb + entertainment": ["lay on", "offer", "provide"],
                "entertainment + noun": ["business", "company", "industry"],
                "preposition": ["for somebody’s entertainment"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a form of entertainment",
                    "a place of entertainment",
                    "a source of entertainment"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act of providing people with somebody to interest them or make them laugh",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Ladies and gentlemen, for your entertainment, we present Magic Man."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the act of inviting people to eat or drink with you as your guests",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a budget for the entertainment of clients"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["lavish", "pure", "good"],
                "verb + entertainment": ["lay on", "offer", "provide"],
                "entertainment + noun": ["business", "company", "industry"],
                "preposition": ["for somebody’s entertainment"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a form of entertainment",
                    "a place of entertainment",
                    "a source of entertainment"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌentəˈteɪnmənt/",
                "audio": "en/entertainment/entertainment__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌentərˈteɪnmənt/",
                "audio": "en/entertainment/entertainment__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}