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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
amusement
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
amusement arcade
amusement park
with interest/amusement etc
▪ A small crowd of people were watching them with interest.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
great
▪ They did not want it to be too obvious, since observing the search would provide them with great amusement.
▪ She sat there rocking, a great and spacious amusement.
▪ They were three small, fat ladies, and a great source of amusement to Jerry and me.
mild
▪ Roy Jenkins, an extremely sensible man who is less vulnerable to criticism than most, regarded the matter with mild amusement.
▪ He stares back, though there is nothing but mild amusement in his glance.
▪ She discovered though that it was not the odd-job man's name which was causing him mild amusement, but her!
▪ Looking at Mungo with mild amusement, Stanley nodded.
wry
▪ Perhaps, to some extent, she thought with wry amusement, she owed her professional success to Jake.
▪ I look back on those emotions with wry amusement but also with a certain amount of self-respect.
▪ The wry twist of amusement around his lips finally proved impossible to resist.
■ NOUN
arcade
▪ I started to wander again, in and out of second-hand bookshops, and then into an amusement arcade.
▪ From here, you couldn't hear the amusement arcades or the bingo callers.
▪ The beach shops and the amusement arcade didn't open until ten.
▪ For all the hype, this is really just a glorified amusement arcade with a few virtual-reality rides thrown in.
▪ The jury heard about wealthy amusement arcade boss Vincent King's past only after it had given its verdict.
▪ The building is now Playland, an amusement arcade.
▪ Within minutes of being released by the police, these youngsters were back in an amusement arcade.
park
▪ And of course there is the famous Blackpool Pleasure Beach, a 4O acre amusement park, to visit.
▪ From his ever-changing complexion to his personal menagerie and private amusement park, Jackson has long cultivated an aura of eccentricity.
▪ The famous amusement park built in the heart of Copenhagen.
▪ The age-oriented community was conceived as a combination housing development and amusement park for active seniors.
▪ Last year Demi, who co-starred in Ghost, hired an amusement park for 37-year-old Bruce's big day.
▪ At the same time, you can do so without having to turn your branch into an amusement park.
▪ Peter Pan's Never Never Land, a plastic amusement park, lies under heavy rain on the front.
■ VERB
cause
▪ All reported having had a wonderful day and causing much comment and amusement wherever they went.
▪ She discovered though that it was not the odd-job man's name which was causing him mild amusement, but her!
provide
▪ They act as a bond between people through providing amusement or an experience shared and believed to be held in common.
▪ You can play with the taskbar itself in ways that make little sense but may provide some amusement to bored teen-agers.
▪ They did not want it to be too obvious, since observing the search would provide them with great amusement.
▪ They will provide a lot of amusement hopping back and forth over the rocks from one puddle to another.
▪ Butlin had previously provided large-scale seaside amusements throughout the thirties.
watch
▪ Agnes watched with amusement as his interest quickened or faded with each phrase.
▪ Uncle Albert watched her with amusement.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
unholy amusement/delight/pleasure
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "You must be joking!" Mum said, her lips curling in amusement.
▪ Everyone was watching the little dog with interest and amusement.
▪ Gloria couldn't hide her amusement at what the children were saying.
▪ Sheila was hardly able to conceal her amusement.
▪ Suddenly, the teacher's chair collapsed, much to everyone's amusement.
▪ This story is bound to cause some amusement in the anti-Campbell campaign.
▪ Video games and other manufactured amusements demand less imagination from kids.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Among the entertainments on offer are amusements, a band parade, stalls, sports and a grand finale fireworks display.
▪ Her lips curved in amusement and Roman asked if he could share the joke.
▪ One would have supposed these veteran troops had seen too much of the real thing to seek amusement in playing at battle.
▪ Putting golf, and amusements almost adjoin the site.
▪ The jury heard about wealthy amusement arcade boss Vincent King's past only after it had given its verdict.
▪ To the Doctor's amusement he was cross eyed.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amusement

Amusement \A*muse"ment\, n. [Cf. F. amusement.]

  1. Deep thought; muse. [Obs.]

    Here I . . . fell into a strong and deep amusement, revolving in my mind, with great perplexity, the amazing change of our affairs.
    --Fleetwood.

  2. The state of being amused; pleasurable excitement; that which amuses; diversion.

    His favorite amusements were architecture and gardening.
    --Macaulay.

    Syn: Diversion; entertainment; recreation; relaxation; pastime; sport.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
amusement

c.1600, "diversion of attention," especially in military actions, from French amusement, noun of action from amuser (see amuse).\n\nAnd because all bold and irreverent Speeches touching matters of high nature, and all malicious and false Reports tending to Sedition, or to the Amusement of Our People, are punishable ... (etc.) [Charles II, Proclamation of Oct. 26, 1688]\nMeaning "a pastime, play, game, anything which pleasantly diverts the attention" (from duty, work, etc.) is from 1670s, originally depreciative; meaning "pleasurable diversion" attested from 1690s. Amusement hall is from 1862; amusement park first recorded 1897.

Wiktionary
amusement

n. 1 (context uncountable English) entertainment 2 (context countable English) An activity that is entertaining or amuse, such as dancing, gunning, or fishing.

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WordNet
amusement

  1. n. a feeling of delight at being entertained

  2. a diversion that holds the attention [syn: entertainment]

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Wikipedia
Amusement

Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or animal actively maintains the experience, and is associated with enjoyment, happiness, laughter and pleasure.

Current studies have not yet reached consensus on the exact purpose of amusement, though theories have been advanced in the fields of psychology, psychiatry and sociology. In addition, the precise mechanism that causes a given element (image, sound, behavior, etc.) to be perceived as more or less 'amusing' than another, similar element to a particular individual is not clearly understood.

Amusement (film)

Amusement is a 2008 American horror film directed by John Simpson and starring Katheryn Winnick, Laura Breckenridge and Jessica Lucas. The film went direct-to-video in January 2009. It was the last film to be distributed by Picturehouse Entertainment before their closure in 2008 and relaunch in 2013.

Amusement (magazine)

Amusement is a quarterly high-range French magazine dedicated to video games and digital entertainment. Its first issue was published in May 2008. This magazine of approximately 200 pages is distributed in France and in many English-speaking countries.The magazine has been mainly lauded for the very new and artistic way to represent digital entertainment and videogames. It has been founded by Abdel Bounane.

Amusement (disambiguation)

Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations, and is associated with enjoyment, happiness, laughter and pleasure.

Amusement may also refer to:

  • Amusement (film), a 2009 horror film
  • "Amusement", a song by Hüsker Dü from Everything Falls Apart
  • Amusement (magazine), an interactive entertainment magazine
  • Amusement park, a group of entertainment attractions, rides, and other events in a location for the enjoyment of large numbers of people
    • Amusement center, a type of small amusement park for families
    • Amusements, usually seaside venues in the UK that house fruit machines, various other coin operated gambling machines and arcade games.
Amusement (Hüsker Dü song)

"Amusement" is a song by Hüsker Dü released as a single in 1981. It was the band's first single, b/w the song Statues.

This release finds the band in a period where its music was drifting from punk to post-punk.

The single's pressing was limited to 2,000 copies upon its release.

The two tracks appear on the Everything Falls Apart and More CD.

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Usage examples of "amusement".

History was reduced to dry and confused abridgments, alike destitute of amusement and instruction.

By his secrecy and diligence he entertained some hopes of surprising the person of Constans, who was pursuing in the adjacent forest his favorite amusement of hunting, or perhaps some pleasures of a more private and criminal nature.

He was very affable, and visited every part of the ship, and all the amusements which had been prepared for the different classes of persons.

He indicated a narrow door barely visible between a wardrobe and a stack of boxes, watching with amusement as Alec explored the wonder of an lyim Flewelling indoor privy.

Tykir shook his head in amusement at his friend, who appeared to be amassing a fortune off the back of Lady Alinor.

Sociology, which the anchorite said she read more for amusement than insight, but which Cale found fascinating for the descriptions of large numbers of people living together in cities on different worlds.

Whenever those aboard the cruisers wished amusement, they turned their guns on Ancon and knocked over a few houses.

Ialin sat on a chest with his chin in his hands, a grin of amusement on his homely, androgynous features.

Not only had she been made a widow during her twentieth anniversary celebration, but she and her daughter were locked in cages, kept like slaves for the amusement of a couple of demented perverts.

Keep up the circulation of his blood for years to come, and excite aphorism and anecdotes and dreams for the instruction and amusements by the action of his brain upon his mind.

McWatt was deeply impressed with Milo, who, to the amusement of Corporal Snark, his mess sergeant, was already buying eggs for seven cents apiece and selling them for five cents.

Some people therefore think that Armado was intended as a satire on Raleigh for the amusement of the Essex coterie.

Marcus turned back toward her and, in an atypical display of amusement, saluted her.

Evangeline-fixe, since she keeps trying to distract me with speculations on idle playing among the auberge clientele, the political implications of Exile, and other anthropological amusements.

Holmes had spent several days in bed, as was his habit from time to time, but he emerged that morning with a long foolscap document in his hand and a twinkle of amusement in his austere gray eyes.