About Entertaiment
Entertainment can be defined as any activity or experience that is enjoyable and provides recreation, leisure or amusement. Entertainment can be achieved in a variety of ways and can include activities such as movies, sports, theatre, music, dance and reading. Even necessary skills such as cooking can be turned into global competitions that are broadcast for entertainment purposes. The word entertainment derives from the Medieval Latin intertenere, from the prefix inter meaning “inside” and the suffix tenere, derived from the Indo-European root ten, meaning to stretch or extend.
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