entertain

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verb

1. provide entertainment for (Freq. 24)
• Derivationally related forms:
entertainment, entertainer
• Hypernyms:
socialize, socialise
• Hyponyms:
host, amuse, divert, disport
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam cannot entertain Sue
- The performance is likely to entertain Sue
2. take into consideration, have in view (Freq. 1)
- He entertained the notion of moving to South America
• Syn:
think of, toy with, flirt with, think about
• Hypernyms:
contemplate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
3. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- bear a grudge
- entertain interesting notions
- harbor a resentment
• Syn:
harbor, harbour, hold, nurse
• Hypernyms:
feel, experience
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  harbor, harbour, hold, nurse, think of, toy with, flirt with, think about