Entertaiment is a broad term that encompasses all kinds of entertainment, including formal and scripted performances, such as plays, operas, television shows, and films; or unscripted or spontaneous activities, such as sports, children’s games, and solving the daily crossword puzzle. The examples below are programmatically compiled from corpora and sources on the web to illustrate current usage of the word. They do not represent the opinions of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or its licensors. What is entertainment for one person may be an annoyance or bore for another.