What Is Entertaiment?

Entertaiment is an activity that holds the attention or interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but it is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience’s attention.

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