how to pronounce entertain

/ɛn.təˈtɛɪn/

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entertain is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of entertain in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… to entertain their worst fear …”

meaning of entertain

To entertain means to provide amusement or pleasure.

entertain frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word entertain occurs in english on average 6.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics entertain can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that entertain can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;

2) people, society, and culture;