entertaining

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   agreeably diverting

   “an entertaining puppet show”

   “films should be entertaining”

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Questions about entertaining

What does entertaining mean?

entertaining means "agreeably diverting".

How many syllables are in entertaining?

entertaining has 4 syllables: en-ter-tai-ning. The stress falls on "tai". In IPA it is /ˌɛntɚˈteɪnɪŋ/.

Is entertaining a common word?

entertaining is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.