The act of entertaining; agreeable occupation of the mind; diversion; amusement: A crossword puzzle is an entertainment for many. Entertainment can be found on a large scale, from an individual choosing private entertainment from the now enormous array of pre-recorded products, to a restaurant serving food and drink for two, to performances staged for thousands. Entertainment is constantly evolving and it is not uncommon for the same experience to be retold in different media – for example the story of Scheherazade from the tradition of professional storytelling has been adapted into music by composers such as Rimsky-Korsakov, Ravel and Szymanowski, films by directors like Pasolini and Woody Allen, and even into an innovative video game.
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It is possible to abbreviate entertainment to entmt on fliers, in industry news publications and in short hand note taking. However, it is not common to use this abbreviation in general writing.