transitive verb
1
a
: to entertain or occupy in a light, playful, or pleasant manner
She tried to amuse the child with a story.
b
: to appeal to the sense of humor of
His jokes don’t amuse me.
2
a
archaic
: to divert the attention of so as to deceive
b
obsolete
: to occupy the attention of : absorb
Did you know?
Many people link bemused with amused, believing that the former word carries the meaning “amused, with a touch of something else.” While this was not its original sense, bemused has been used in such a fashion for long enough, and by enough people, that the meaning “having feelings of wry amusement especially from something that is surprising or perplexing» has become established. You may use bemuse in this fashion if you wish, but bear in mind that some people find it objectionable, insisting that bemused and amused are entirely distinct and that bemused properly means “marked by confusion or bewilderment.” It is worth noting that before bemused indicated confusion it had the meaning (especially among poets) “devoted to the Muses.”
Synonyms
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amuse, divert, entertain mean to pass or cause to pass the time pleasantly.
amuse suggests that one’s attention is engaged lightly.
amuse yourselves while I make dinner
divert implies distracting attention from worry or routine occupation especially by something funny.
a light comedy to divert the tired businessman
entertain suggests supplying amusement by specially contrived methods.
a magician entertaining children at a party
Example Sentences
It amuses me to think of how he looked when I last saw him.
a funny story that never fails to amuse
He amused himself with a game of solitaire.
Recent Examples on the Web
Located in Hampshire, England, Steventon was where a young Austen received an informal education, amused herself by reading aloud to family members and discovered her love of writing.
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Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023
Affectingly played by Paul Walter Hauser, Jewell emerges as frustrating and overzealous — the sort of man alternately prone to amuse and frustrate those around him — but also a person of good intentions who’s made to suffer for a courageous and selfless act.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2021
The batter is not amused.
—Devin Gordon, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
Sordi, of course, had a boyish mug built to amuse, and it’s paired well with Massari’s coiled portrait of uxorial frustration.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
Jean-Luc Godard got a few claps too, which would have amused him.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2023
One day a man approached Buckley at a sports expo in Santa Barbara where Tarra was doing tricks to amuse visitors.
—Longreads, 8 Mar. 2023
Schock, Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, Kathy Valentine and Jane Wiedlin took to amuse themselves while working nonstop to break through in an industry that initially didn’t know how to handle an all-female punk band that could rock harder than many of their male counterparts.
—Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
The Queen also finds other ways to amuse herself.
—Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping, 11 Nov. 2020
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Word History
Etymology
Middle French amuser, from Old French, from a- (from Latin ad-) + muser to muse
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a
Time Traveler
The first known use of amuse was
in the 15th century
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развлекать, забавлять, тешить, смешить, озадачивать, приятно проводить время
глагол ↓
- забавлять, развлекать
to amuse from his grief — отвлечь кого-л. от горестных мыслей 
to amuse smb. with jokes [stories] — развлекать /смешить/ кого-л. шутками [рассказами]
to amuse smb. by doing smth. — занимать /развлекать/ кого-л. чем-л.
I was much amused at the joke — я очень смеялся над этим анекдотом
I was highly amused by their tricks — меня смешили их выходки
to keep smb. amused — развлекать кого-л., не давать кому-л. скучать
- изумляться, (приятно) удивляться
we were amused to learn that … — мы были приятно удивлены, узнав, что … /когда узнали, что …/
I was secretly amused by his threats — про себя я от души посмеялся над его угрозами
- проводить (приятно) время, коротать досуг
to amuse one’s leisure — проводить /коротать/ свой досуг
to amuse oneself with smth. /by doing smth./ — заниматься чем-л., занимать своё время чем-л.
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She felt amused.
Ей стало смешно. / Она развеселилась.
The joke doesn’t amuse me.
Эта шутка меня не веселит.
The kids amused themselves playing hide-and-seek.
Дети забавлялись, играя в прятки.
He made funny faces to amuse the children.
Он корчил смешные рожицы, чтобы развлечь детей.
The clown amused the children.
Клоун рассмешил детей.
You must keep the company amused.
Вы должны занимать гостей.
I was amused to see him playing up to the boss.
Было забавно наблюдать, как он заискивает перед шефом.
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Примеры, ожидающие перевода
It amuses me to think of how he looked when I last saw him. 
He could amuse us for hours with his stories.
…there are plenty of attractions at the state fair that will amuse the kiddies…
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Возможные однокоренные слова
amusement — развлечение, забава, веселье, удовольствие, времяпрепровождение
amusing — забавный, смешной, занятный, занимательный
amused — довольный
Формы слова
verb
I/you/we/they: amuse
he/she/it: amuses
ing ф. (present participle): amusing
2-я ф. (past tense): amused
3-я ф. (past participle): amused
What do we mean by amuse?
To hold the attention of or occupy in an agreeable fashion. transitive verb
To cause to laugh or smile by being funny. transitive verb
To delude or deceive. transitive verb
To cause to muse; absorb or engage in meditation; occupy or engage wholly; bewilder; puzzle.
To keep in expectation, as by flattery, plausible pretenses, and the like; delude; keep in play.
To fix the attention of agreeably; engage the fancy of; cause to feel cheerful or merry; entertain; divert: as, to amuse an audience with anecdotes or tricks, or children with toys.
Synonyms Amuse, Divert, Entertain, Beguile, occupy, please, enliven. Amuse may imply merely the prevention of the tedium of idleness or emptiness of mind: as, I can amuse myself by looking out at the window; or it may suggest a stronger interest: as, I was greatly amused by their tricks. Divert is to turn the attention aside, and (in the use considered here) to something light or mirthful. Entertain is to engage and sustain the attention by something of a pleasing and perhaps instructive character, as conversation; hence the general name entertainment for lectures, exhibitions, etc., designed to interest in this way. “Whatever amuses serves to kill time, to lull the faculties and banish reflection; it may be solitary, sedentary, and lifeless: whatever diverts causes mirth and provokes laughter; it will be active, lively, and tumultuous: whatever entertains acts on the senses and awakens the understanding; it must be rational and is mostly social.” Crabb. Beguile is, figuratively, to cheat one out of weariness, of dull time, etc. The word is as often thus applied to the thing as to the person: as, to beguile a weary hour; to beguile one of his cares.
To muse; meditate.
To muse; to mediate. intransitive verb
To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder. transitive verb
To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert. transitive verb
To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude. transitive verb
To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions. verb
To cause laughter, to be funny. verb
To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude. verb
To divert attention, to distract, to bewilder. verb
Make (somebody) laugh verb
Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion verb
To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions.
To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.
To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.
To make someone laugh
to interest or give pleasure to Urban Dictionary
Having fun, making fun of someone. Urban Dictionary
A face caused by an event in which one or more people try to be funny or amusing, and one or more people on the receiving side give a combination the death stare and vagrancy that simply says «Fuck You, Please Die Now.» Urban Dictionary
A synonym for entertainment. Urban Dictionary
When something or someone causes you to smirk inside and out. Also causes you to relive the event. Urban Dictionary
The state of being both in arusal and amused. Sexually arused by something that is also amusing. Urban Dictionary
Amuse — French for appetizer — it relates to taking a bump or pinch. Take a bump of sosa from a key or a credit card. Urban Dictionary
Amusive is a action physically or verbally abusive that when scene or heard is found to be amusing. Urban Dictionary
1. amusing music
2. something so amusing that it should have its own theme music Urban Dictionary
A cute little girl to w’et your…err, um… appetite (derived from the French term of the same name meaning: a small appetizer as served, usually without a charge, in a restaurant) Urban Dictionary
Other forms: amused; amusing; amuses
If you enjoy making people laugh, you like to amuse them, which is a good trait to have as long as you don’t amuse people during a math test or other solemn occasion.
The verb amuse also means to keep busy in a pleasant way. You might amuse yourself during a long driving trip by playing the alphabet game, where you try to find all the letters from A to Z on roadside signs. If you are a passenger on a plane, you could amuse yourself with a movie on your computer. Just don’t get them mixed up and try to watch a movie when you are driving.
Definitions of amuse
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verb
occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
“The play
amused the ladies”-
synonyms:
disport, divert, regale
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verb
make (somebody) laugh
“The clown
amused the children”
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Commonly confused words
amuse / bemuse
People often use the word bemuse when they mean amuse, but to amuse is to entertain, and to bemuse is to confuse. In Alice in Wonderland, the White Rabbit amuses Alice as he frolics, but then the Cheshire Cat bemuses her when he tells her to go two directions at once.
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Middle English *amusen (“to mutter, be astonished, gaze meditatively on”), from Old French amuser (“to stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought”), from a- + muser (“to stare stupidly at, gape, wander, waste time, loiter, think carefully about, attend to”), of uncertain and obscure origin. Cognate with Occitan musa (“idle waiting”), Italian musare (“to gape idly about”). Possibly from Old French *mus (“snout”) from Vulgar Latin *mūsa (“snout”) — compare Medieval Latin mūsum (“muzzle, snout”) –, from Proto-Germanic *mū- (“muzzle, snout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“lips, muzzle”). Compare North Frisian müs, mös (“mouth”), German Maul (“muzzle, snout”).
Alternative etymology connects muser and musa with Frankish *muoza (“careful attention, leisure, idleness”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtǭ (“leave, permission”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to acquire, possess, control”).
This would make it a cognate of Dutch musen (“to leisure”), Old High German *muoza (“careful attention, leisure, idleness”) and muozōn (“to be idle, have leisure or opportunity”), German Muße (“leisure”). More at empty.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /əˈmjuːz/
- Rhymes: -uːz
Verb[edit]
amuse (third-person singular simple present amuses, present participle amusing, simple past and past participle amused)
- (transitive) To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (an individual) with pleasing emotions.
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I watch these movies because they amuse me.
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It always amuses me to hear the funny stories why people haven’t got a ticket, but I never let them get in without paying.
- 1786, William Gilpin, Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772, on several parts of England; particularly the mountains, and lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland
- A group of children amusing themselves with pushing stones from the top [of the cliff], and watching as they plunged into the lake.
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- To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.
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His jokes rarely fail to amuse.
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- (transitive, archaic) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
- (transitive, archaic) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.
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1655, Thomas Fuller, James Nichols, editor, The Church History of Britain, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), new edition, London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
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Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could not find the house.
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1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “(please specify the book number)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC:
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the enemies were amused on the fires that our men made
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- 1690, Thomas Browne, «A Letter to a Friend»:
- Hairs which have most amused me have not been in the Face or Head, but on the Back, and not in Men but Children, as I long ago observed in that Endemial Distemper of little Children in Languedock, called the Morgellons, […]
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Synonyms[edit]
- entertain, gratify, please, divert, beguile, exhilarate
Derived terms[edit]
- amusement
Translations[edit]
to entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner
- Belarusian: забаўля́ць impf (zabaŭljácʹ), ба́віць (be) impf (bávicʹ)
- Bulgarian: забавля́вам (bg) impf (zabavljávam), развлича́м (bg) impf (razvličám)
- Catalan: divertir (ca), entretenir (ca), distreure (ca)
- Cornish: didhana
- Czech: bavit (cs) impf
- Dutch: amuseren (nl)
- Esperanto: amuzi
- Finnish: viihdyttää (fi)
- French: amuser (fr)
- German: amüsieren (de), vergnügen (de)
- Hebrew: לשעשע
- Hungarian: szórakoztat (hu)
- Ido: amuzar (io)
- Italian: svagare (it)
- Latin: oblectō, dēlectō (la)
- Macedonian: забавува impf (zabavuva)
- Maori: whakangahau, whakangāoko
- Mirandese: adbertir, antretener
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: more (no)
- Polish: bawić (pl) impf, zabawiać (pl) impf, rozbawić pf, rozerwać (pl) pf
- Portuguese: entreter (pt), divertir (pt)
- Romanian: amuza (ro)
- Russian: забавля́ть (ru) impf (zabavljátʹ), позаба́вить (ru) pf (pozabávitʹ); развлека́ть (ru) impf (razvlekátʹ), развле́чь (ru) pf (razvléčʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: за̀бављати impf, за̀бавити pf
- Roman: zàbavljati (sh) impf, zàbaviti (sh) pf
- Slovak: baviť impf, zabávať impf
- Slovene: zabavati (sl) impf
- Spanish: entretener (es), distraer (es)
- Ukrainian: розважа́ти impf (rozvažáty), забавля́ти impf (zabavljáty), ба́вити (uk) impf (bávyty)
- Welsh: diddori
to cause laughter
- Bulgarian: разсмивам (bg) (razsmivam)
- Dutch: amuseren (nl)
- Finnish: huvittaa (fi), naurattaa (fi), hauskuuttaa (fi)
- German: belustigen (de), erheitern (de)
- Hungarian: mulattat (hu), nevettet (hu), megnevettet (hu)
- Maori: whakakata, whakakatakata
- Mirandese: adbertir
- Polish: śmieszyć (pl) impf, rozśmieszać (pl) impf, rozśmieszyć (pl) pf, bawić (pl) impf
- Portuguese: divertir (pt)
- Russian: смеши́ть (ru) impf (smešítʹ), рассмеши́ть (ru) pf (rassmešítʹ), насмеши́ть (ru) pf (nasmešítʹ)
- Spanish: divertir (es)
Translations to be checked
- Hebrew: (please verify) לשעשע (le’sha’ashe’a)
References[edit]
- amuse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams[edit]
- musea
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Clipping of amuse-bouche or amuse-gueule.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˌaːˈmyː.zə/, /ˌaːˈmy.zə/
- Hyphenation: amu‧se
Noun[edit]
amuse m (plural amuses)
- appetiser, hors d’oeuvre
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /a.myz/
- Homophones: amuses, amusent
Verb[edit]
amuse
- inflection of amuser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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amuse
Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > amuse
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amuse
Персональный Сократ > amuse
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amuse
əˈmju:z гл.
1) редк. в общем значении «отвлечения, переключения внимания’ а) сбивать с толку, вводить в заблуждение, внушать ложные надежды He had been amused so long with vain expectations. ≈ Он так долго тешился тщетными ожиданиями Syn: beguile, bewilder, delude, cheat, deceive б) отвлекать от забот и т.п. to amuse her from her grief. ≈ отвлечь ее от ее горя Syn: distract
2) занимать(ся) ;
развлекать(ся), приятно проводить время You must keep the company amused. ≈ Вы должны занимать гостей. He could amuse us for hours with his stories. ≈ Он мог часами развлекать нас своими историями. I was amused to learn the news. ≈ Эта новость позабавила меня. She felt amused. ≈ Она развеселилась. Why are you amused upon the course of the stars? ≈ Почему вас так занимают звезды? to amuse one with an anecdote ≈ развлекать кого-л анекдотом to amuse by telling a story ≈ занять историей Syn: divert, entertain
3) позабавить, развеселить I was secretly amused by his threats. ≈ Про себя я только посмеялся над его угрозами. The joke doesn’t amuse me. ≈ Эта шутка меня не веселит. I was amuse to see him playing up to the boss. ≈ Было забавно видеть, как он держится начальником.забавлять, развлекать — to * smb. with jokes развлекать кого-л. шутками;
— to * smb. by doing smth. занимать кого-л. чем-л.;
— I was much *d at the joke я очень смеялся над этим анекдотом;
— I was highly *d by their tricks меня смешили их выходки;
— to keep smb. *d развлекать кого-л., не давать кому-л. скучать изумляться, удивляться — we were *d to learn that… мы были приятно удивлены, узнав, что…;
— I was secretly *d by his threats про себя я от души посмеялся над его угрозами проводить время, коротать досуг — to * one’s leisure проводить свой досуг;
— to * oneself with smth. заниматься чем-л., занимать свое время чем-л.amuse забавлять;
развлекать;
you amuse me вы меня смешитеto ~ oneself коротать время, заниматься (чем-л.) ;
the children amused themselves by drawing pictures дети занимались рисованиемamuse забавлять;
развлекать;
you amuse me вы меня смешитеБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > amuse
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1. III
amuse smb. amuse children развлекать /забавлять/ детей и т. д., his answer amused me его ответ позабавил меня
2. IV
amuse smb. in some manner constantly amuse smb. постоянно и т. д. развлекать /забавлять/ кого-л.
3. XI
be /feel/ amused she was /felt/ amused она развеселилась, ей было забавно; I am not amused мне не смешно; be /feel/ amused in some manner I was mildly amused мне было слегка и т. д. забавно; keep smb. amused you must keep the company amused вы должны занимать /развлекать/ гостей ; be /feel/ amused at smth. she was /felt/ amused at his jokes его шутки и т. д. забавляли /развлекали, потешали/ ее; be amused to do smth. I was amused to read about it мне было интересно прочитать об этом и т. д.; I was amused to learn the news эта новость позабавила меня
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amuse smb. with smth., smb. amuse the child with toys развлекать /забавлять/ ребенка игрушками и т.д., I amused myself with a dog я забавлялся с собакой; amuse smb. at some time how do you amuse yourself in rainy weather? чем ты занимаешься /как ты развлекаешься/ в дождливую погоду?
5. XXII
amuse smb. by doing smth. amuse him by telling stories развлекать /забавлять/ его рассказами и т. д.
English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > amuse
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amuse
Англо-русский синонимический словарь > amuse
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amuse
[əˈmju:z]
amuse забавлять; развлекать; you amuse me вы меня смешите to amuse oneself коротать время, заниматься (чем-л.); the children amused themselves by drawing pictures дети занимались рисованием to amuse oneself коротать время, заниматься (чем-л.); the children amused themselves by drawing pictures дети занимались рисованием amuse забавлять; развлекать; you amuse me вы меня смешите
English-Russian short dictionary > amuse
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amuse
[ə’mjuːz]
гл.
1) развлекать, занимать внимание
to amuse smb. with anecdotes — развлекать кого-л. анекдотами
to amuse smb. by telling a story — занять кого-л. рассказом
You must keep the company amused. — Вы должны занимать гостей.
He could amused us for hours with his stories. — Он мог часами развлекать нас своими историями.
Syn:
2) позабавить, развеселить
She felt amused. — Она развеселилась.
The joke doesn’t amuse me. — Эта шутка меня не веселит.
I was secretly amused by his threats. — Про себя я только посмеялся над его угрозами.
3) развлекаться, приятно проводить время
I was amused to see him playing up to the boss. — Было забавно видеть, как он держится начальником.
4)
уст.
вводить в заблуждение, внушать ложные надежды
He had been amused so long with vain expectations. — Он так долго тешился тщетными ожиданиями
Syn:
Syn:
Англо-русский современный словарь > amuse
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amuse
[əʹmju:z]
1. забавлять, развлекать
to amuse smb. with jokes [stories] — развлекать /смешить/ кого-л. шутками [рассказами]
to amuse smb. by doing smth. — занимать /развлекать/ кого-л. чем-л.
to keep smb. amused — развлекать кого-л., не давать кому-л. скучать
2. изумляться, (приятно) удивляться
we were amused to learn that… — мы были приятно удивлены, узнав, что… /когда узнали, что…/
I was secretly amused by his threats — про себя я от души посмеялся над его угрозами
3. проводить (приятно) время, коротать досуг
to amuse one’s leisure — проводить /коротать/ свой досуг
to amuse oneself with smth. /by doing smth./ — заниматься чем-л., занимать своё время чем-л.
НБАРС > amuse
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amuse
[ə’mju:z]
v
забавлять, отвлекать, развлекать, (раз)веселить
2000 самых употребительных английских слов > amuse
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amuse
verb
забавлять; развлекать; you amuse me вы меня смешите; to amuse oneself коротать время, заниматься (чем-л.); the children amused themselves by drawing pictures дети занимались рисованием
Syn:
entertain
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(v) забавлять; развлекать; развлечь; рассмешить; смешить
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забавлять, развлекать
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[a·muse || ə’mjuːz]
забавлять, развлекать, тешить, приятно проводить время; озадачить, поставить в тупик* * *
забавлять
забавляться
поразвлечь
развлекать
развлекаться
развлеките
развлечь
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1) а) сбивать с толку, вводить в заблуждение, внушать ложные надежды
б) отвлекать от забот и т.п.
2) занимать(ся); развлекать(ся), приятно проводить время
3) позабавитьНовый англо-русский словарь > amuse
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amuse
[ə’mjuːz]
v
забавлять, развлекать
Keep the children amused. — Не давайте детям скучать
— amuse smb by smth
— amuse oneself by smth
— be amused to see itEnglish-Russian combinatory dictionary > amuse
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amuse
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > amuse
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amuse
[ə`mjuːz]
сбивать с толку, вводить в заблуждение, внушать ложные надежды
отвлекать
занимать(ся); развлекать(ся), приятно проводить время
позабавить, развеселить
Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > amuse
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English-Russian dictionary of technical terms > amuse
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The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > amuse
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amuse
забавлять
забавляться
поразвлечь
развлекать
развлекаться
развлеките
развлечь
English-Russian smart dictionary > amuse
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amuse
1. v забавлять, развлекать
2. v изумляться, удивляться
we were amused to learn that … — мы были приятно удивлены, узнав, что …
3. v проводить время, коротать досуг
Синонимический ряд:
2. entertain (verb) absorb; beguile; brighten; charm; cheer; delight; distract; divert; enliven; entertain; enthral; have fun; please; recreate; regale
Антонимический ряд:
bore; depress; weary
English-Russian base dictionary > amuse
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English-Russian big medical dictionary > amuse
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amuse
v.zabavjati · забавјати
vi.
, zabaviti · забавити
vp.
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amuse oneself
Англо-русский синонимический словарь > amuse oneself
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amusé — amusé … Dictionnaire des rimes
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amusé — ⇒AMUSÉ, ÉE, part. passé, adj. et subst. A. Part. passé de amuser. B. Emploi adj. 1. [Se rapportant à une pers.] a) Qui se trouve momentanément égayé par quelque situation ou circonstance plaisante ou comique : • 1. Un des plus cruels supplices de … Encyclopédie Universelle
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Amuse — Cette page a été supprimée. Le journal des suppressions et des déplacements est affiché ci dessous pour référence. 2 octobre 2009 à 09:06 TigH (discuter | contributions) a supprimé « Amuse » (Décision PàS) Wikipédia ne possède pas d article… … Wikipédia en Français
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Amuse 3 — Genre Jeunesse Pays France Langue … Wikipédia en Français
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amusé — amusé, ée (a mu zé, zée) part. passé. Amusé par des promesses. Amusé à des bagatelles. Amusé par ce récit. • En lui [le prince], toute apparence de galanterie, tout air passionné ou amusé cause un scandale, FÉN. t. XXII, p. 272 … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d’Émile Littré
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Amuse — A*muse ([.a]*m[=u]z ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amused} ([.a]*m[=u]zd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Amusing}.] [F. amuser to make stay, to detain, to amuse, [ a] (L. ad) + OF. muser. See {Muse}, v.] 1. To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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amuse — amuse, divert, entertain, recreate mean to cause or enable one to pass one’s time in pleasant or agreeable occupations. Their corresponding nouns amusement, diversion, entertainment, recreation are also synonyms denoting such an occupation or its … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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amuse — amuse; amuse·ment; … English syllables
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amuse — [ə myo͞oz′] vt. amused, amusing [Fr amuser < à, at + OFr muser, to stare fixedly, MUSE] 1. to keep pleasantly or enjoyably occupied or interested; entertain [we amused ourselves with games] 2. to make laugh, smile, etc. by being comical or… … English World dictionary
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Amuse — A*muse , v. i. To muse; to mediate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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amuse — index occupy (engage) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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- Inflections of ‘amuse‘ (v): (⇒ conjugate)
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- amuses
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- amusing
- v pres p
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- amused
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- amused
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Collins Russian Dictionary 2nd Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2000, 1997:
amuse [əˈmjuːz]
vt развлека́ть (развле́чь*perf)
to amuse o.s. with sth заня́ться (perf) or развлека́ться (развле́чься# perf) чем-н
he was amused at this его́ э́то позаба́вило
he was not amused ему́ бы́ло не до сме́ха
* is used to mark translations which have irregular inflections. The Russian-English side of the dictionary gives inflectional information.
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Britannica Dictionary definition of AMUSE
1
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to make someone laugh or smile
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to entertain (someone) in a light and pleasant way
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His silly jokes amused the audience. = The audience was amused by his silly jokes. [=the audience found his silly jokes funny/entertaining/amusing]
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It amuses me to think of how he looked when I last saw him.
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That joke doesn’t amuse me. [=I don’t think that joke is funny]
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The loss did not amuse the coach. [=the coach was not happy about the loss]
[no object]
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a funny story that never fails to amuse
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see also amusing
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[+ object]
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to get the attention of (someone) in a pleasant way as time passes
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We need to find something to amuse [=entertain, occupy] the children. = We need to find something to keep the children amused. [=we need to find something for the children to do so that they aren’t bored]
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He amused himself with a game of solitaire.
— amused
adjective
[more amused; most amused]
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A faintly amused grin appeared on her face.
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She looked slightly/very amused by/at his appearance.
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I was amused to learn the whole story.
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The coach was not amused [=was not pleased/happy] after the loss.