How do you use the word "amusement" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "amusement" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "amusement": Thanks to the amusement park built last year, the city has become popular. It took ten years to build the amusement park.

Amusement Meaning

/əˈmjuzmənt/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounEntertainment.

nounAn activity that is entertaining or amusing, such as dancing, gunning, or fishing.

Sentence Examples

Thanks to the amusement park built last year, the city has become popular.

It took ten years to build the amusement park.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

entertainment

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The children laughed with pure ____ while watching the clown perform silly tricks.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The park offers a variety of ____ rides for people of all ages.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Old French muser Old French amuser Middle French amuser Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Middle French -ment Middle French amusementbor. English amusement Borrowed from Middle French amusement, from amuser + -ment. Morphologically amuse + -ment.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"This is some form of amusement you're talking about." — 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 234a:

""What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing after all. I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished society."" — 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:

"His chief amusements were gunning and fishing, or sauntering along the beach and through the myrtles, in quest of shells or entomological specimens--his collection of the latter might have been envied by a Swammerdamm." — 1843, Edgar Allan Poe, The Gold-Bug:

"The Cat was sour-tempered and grumpy, at first, but before they had journeyed far, the crystal creature had discovered a fine amusement. The long tails of the monkeys were constantly sticking through the bars of their cage, and when they did, the Glass Cat would slyly seize the tails in her paws and pull them." — 1919, L. Frank Baum, The Magic of Oz:

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