Entertaiment is a vast and varied field that encompasses numerous activities and events. Many familiar forms of entertainment have demonstrated the ability to cross over various media, and their ubiquity has given rise to a seemingly infinite potential for creative remix. Click a collocation to see more examples.

The word comes from the Medieval Latin intertenere, which combines the prefix inter meaning “inside” and the suffix tenere meaning to hold or stretch. Interestingly, the Indo-European root is also ten, which means to “stretch.” Entertaiment often hits on themes that the brain was evolved to react deeply to, such as social backstabbing and murder, in order to function in our society.