คำว่า ' entertain ' ( VT )
มีความหมายในภาษาไทยว่า รับพิจารณา
คำศัพท์อื่นๆที่มีความหมายเหมือนกัน : พินิจพิจารณา
คำที่คล้ายกัน : consider; contemplate; think
คำนิยามในภาษาอังกฤษ (definition) :
[v. t.] To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.
[v. t.] To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest.
[v. t.] To engage the attention of agreeably; to amuse with that which makes the time pass pleasantly; to divert; as, to entertain friends with conversation, etc.
[v. t.] To give reception to; to receive, in general; to receive and take into consideration; to admit, treat, or make use of; as, to entertain a proposal.
[v. t.] To meet or encounter, as an enemy.
[v. t.] To keep, hold, or maintain in the mind with favor; to keep in the mind; to harbor; to cherish; as, to entertain sentiments.
[v. t.] To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.
[v. i.] To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously.
[n.] Entertainment.