amusement

n.

1. The state of being amused, entertained, or pleased.
2. Something that amuses, entertains, or pleases.

noun

1. The condition of being amused: entertainment, recreation. See excite/bore/interest.
2. Something, especially a performance or show, designed to entertain: distraction, diversion, entertainment, recreation. See excite/bore/interest.

n

Definition: entertainment
Antonyms: boredom, tedium

n

Definition: game, pastime
Antonyms: work

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IN BRIEF: The state of being busy, interested, or entertained.

Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement. — Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774); British poet, playwright, novelist, and man of letters

Quotes:

"Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas." - Laurence Sterne

"Life would be tolerable but for its amusements." - George Bernard Shaw

"The mind ought sometimes to be diverted, that it may return the better to thinking." - Phaedrus

"When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her." - Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

"You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water -- an inch deep and then the mud." - George Macdonald

"The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement." - Edgar Watson Howe

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - underholdning, fornøjelse, morskab

idioms:

• amusement arcade    spillehal, forlystelsesarkade

Nederlands (Dutch)
vermaak, het vermaakt worden, kermisattractie

Français (French)
n. - jeu, divertissement, amusement

idioms:

• amusement arcade    salle de jeux (électroniques), (GB) jeux d'arcade

Deutsch (German)
n. - Belustigung, Unterhaltung, Zeitvertreib

idioms:

• amusement arcade    Spielhalle

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διασκέδαση, ψυχαγωγία, αναψυχή, ευθυμία, θυμηδία, θέαμα

idioms:

• amusement arcade    αίθουσα/κατάστημα με ηλεκτρονικά (παιγνίδια)

Italiano (Italian)
divertimento, svago

Português (Portuguese)
n. - divertimento (m), distração (f)

Русский (Russian)
развлечение, забава, удовольствие

Español (Spanish)
n. - distracción, diversión, entretenimiento, pasatiempo

idioms:

• amusement arcade    casa de juego

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nöje, förströelse

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
娱乐, 娱乐活动, 消遣

idioms:

• amusement arcade    电子游乐场, 电动机赌场

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 娛樂, 娛樂活動, 消遣

idioms:

• amusement arcade    電子遊樂場, 電動機賭場

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 즐거움

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 慰み, 楽しみ, 楽しませるもの, 娯楽

idioms:

• amusement arcade    ゲームセンター

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لهو, تسليه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בידור, שעשוע, הנאה‬

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