amusement

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(ə-myūz'mənt) pronunciation
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  1. The state of being amused, entertained, or pleased.
  2. Something that amuses, entertains, or pleases.

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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.

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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.

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

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"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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Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations, and is associated with enjoyment, happiness, laughter and pleasure.

Current studies have not yet reached consensus on the exact purpose of amusement, though theories have been advanced in the fields of psychology, psychiatry and sociology. In addition, the precise mechanism that causes a given element (image, sound, behavior, etc.) to be perceived as more or less 'amusing' than another, similar element to a particular individual is not clearly understood.

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Amusement

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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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