entertains
- 1Third-person singular simple present indicative of entertain.
The comedian entertains sold-out audiences across the country every weekend.
Our host entertains visitors with vivid stories from his travels abroad.
Note
One present-tense spelling carries every live meaning of the verb. With an object, it can mean amusing people or turning over an idea: she entertains doubts, he entertains an offer. The hosting meaning can also stand alone, as in a neighbor who entertains often. That missing object is the quickest clue that hosting, not amusement, is meant.
She rarely entertains now that the children have left home.
The board still entertains the possibility of a merger.
entertains is a form of entertain
entertain, verb: To amuse someone and hold their attention in an agreeable way. Full entry
- Forms
- entertainentertains he/she/itentertaining -ing formentertained past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- entertain → entertains: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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