Collocations for "entertain"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "entertain" in context.
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entertain
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- entertain guests
- ways to entertain your [children, kids]
- entertained the [audience, spectators]
- entertain and inform
- were entertained for hours
- entertained us with his [music, stories, tales]
- let me entertain you
- won't even entertain the [thought, idea]
- entertain a notion [of, that]
- still entertain a hope [of]
- entertain hopes [of]
'entertain' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):