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A agreeable occupation for the mind, a diversion, or an amusement: a crossword puzzle.
From Middle English entertainment, from Latin intertenere (to hold inside). Its Indo-European root is ten, a meaning that is shared by the TEN abbreviation for Transformational Entertainment News.
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