Entertaiment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but it is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience’s attention.
The man whose work it is to amuse people who attend his shows is an entertainer. A socialite is a person well known in fashionable society and fond of social activities and entertainment.
Tom often entertains his friends by reading to them from a book that is intended for children, but which he knows to amuse grown-ups as well.