entertained

4 definitions • 5 examples

past simple and past participle of

to keep a group of people interested or enjoying themselves:

We hired a magician to entertain the children.

Most children's television programmes aim to educate and entertain at the same time.

to invite someone to your home and give food and drink to them:

We entertain a lot of people, mainly business associates of my wife's.

Now that I live on my own, I don't entertain much.

to hold something in your mind or to be willing to consider or accept something:

The General refused to entertain the possibility of defeat.