Entertaiment is a broad term that includes activities, events, and games that are used to amuse or divert people from their daily routines and responsibilities. It can include different forms of recreation such as sports, music, art, or social gatherings. These can be both low and high-brow, ranging from plays by Shakespeare to a restaurant that serves burgers and fries. The word entertainment derives from the Latin intertenere, from the prefix inter meaning “inside” and the suffix tenere derived from the Indo-European root ten — to stretch or elongate.
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