What Is Entertaiment?
ENTERTAINMENT Articles
Any agreeable occupation for the mind; a diversion or amusement: Solving a crossword puzzle is an entertainment for many.
An event or activity affording pleasure, diversion, or amusement: The highlight of the ball was an elaborate entertainment.
The art of entertaining involves a complex interplay between text and audience. For example, a well-known story in the Persian professional storytelling tradition of Scheherazade evoked so much entertainment that it inspired Rimsky-Korsakov to compose an orchestral work; Pasolini made a film adaptation; and there is even a computer game based on it. You might abbreviate the word entertainment to entmt on a flier or in industry news publications where space is limited.