Betekenis van:
entertain

to entertain
Werkwoord
  • gevoelens hebben
  • maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
"entertain interesting notions"

Synoniemen

Hyperoniemen

to entertain
Werkwoord
  • verkering hebben
  • take into consideration, have in view
"He entertained the notion of moving to South America"

Synoniemen

Hyperoniemen

to entertain
Werkwoord
    • provide entertainment for

    Hyperoniemen

    Hyponiemen


    Voorbeeldzinnen

    1. Now let me entertain you with music.
    2. Tom certainly knows how to entertain people.
    3. I cannot entertain such a request.
    4. My cat is very anxious to entertain me.
    5. They gave a play to entertain their teachers.
    6. He is a retired man who volunteers to entertain patients in hospitals.
    7. A woman needs to be loved so much that she won't even entertain the possibility of someone else loving her more.
    8. I will entertain your suggestion, if you can refer me to a style guide that dictates a comma in this case.
    9. The system does not distract or visually entertain the driver.
    10. However, beneficiaries of the scheme were entitled to entertain a legitimate expectation that the legality of the scheme was not in doubt.
    11. The Commission has examined whether the exceptional circumstances alleged by the Terni companies in paragraph (47) could have led them to entertain such legitimate expectations.
    12. An undertaking may not in principle entertain a legitimate expectation to receive aid which has not been approved by the Commission in accordance with the procedure provided for by the EC Treaty [14].
    13. In the light of the above considerations, the Commission has concluded that there are no extraordinary circumstances which could have led Alcoa to entertain legitimate expectations as to the lawfulness of the measure at issue.
    14. In the light of the above considerations, the Commission has concluded that there are no extraordinary circumstances which could have led the Terni companies to entertain legitimate expectations as to the lawfulness of the contested measure.
    15. The Commission has examined whether the exceptional circumstances alleged by Alcoa, which are linked to the existence of the Alumix decision, may have led it to entertain such legitimate expectations.