Entertaiment is an activity that keeps someone amused, diverted, or interested. It may be social, cultural, or spiritual. It can also be an industry that provides livelihoods to people.
Some activities that were necessary for survival, such as archery or fencing, have developed into sports and even professions for their participants, while being viewed for entertainment by larger audiences. Other things that might have been entertaining in the past, such as public punishments, are now seen as work.
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