Betekenis van entertain In het Nederlands

• 0 to keep a group of people interested or enjoying themselves:

  • We hired a magician to entertain the children.

  • Most children's television programmes aim to educate and entertain at the same time.

• 1 to invite someone to your home and give food and drink to them:

  • We entertain a lot of people, mainly business associates of my wife's.

  • Now that I live on my own, I don't entertain much.

• 2 to hold something in your mind or to be willing to consider or accept something:

  • The General refused to entertain the possibility of defeat.

• 3 to keep a person or a group of people interested or amused:

  • [ I ] Children’s games and books seek to teach and entertain at the same time.

  • [ T ] Kerry and Bill entertained listeners of their radio show with tales of their adventures on an ocean cruise.

• 4 to invite one or more people to your house and give food and drink to them:

  • [ T ] She was a good cook and liked to entertain her friends with new dishes.

  • [ I ] We didn’t entertain much over the holidays this year.

• 5 to hold in your mind or to be willing to consider or accept:

  • He entertained some doubts about how truthful the government was.

• 6 to take customers or possible customers out to restaurants, bars, theatres, etc. as a way of encouraging them to do business with you:

  • Employees can use their expense accounts for entertaining a client.