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Entertaiment is an activity designed to give pleasure and relaxation. It can be passive, such as watching opera or a film, or active, like playing games. It can also be escapist or social in nature, providing an escape from everyday reality or an opportunity to connect with others. Some familiar forms of entertainment are so well established that they have a seemingly unlimited potential for creative remix and can span different media. The examples in this collection have been programmatically compiled from corpora and from sources on the web to illustrate current usage of the word, and do not represent the opinions of Merriam-Webster or its editors.