mere entertainment

collocation in English

meaningsofmereandentertainment

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mere
adjective[before noun]
uk
/mɪər/us
/mɪr/
used to emphasize that something is not large ...
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entertainment
noun[C or U]
uk
/en.təˈteɪn.mənt/us
/en.t̬ɚˈteɪn.mənt/
shows, films, television, or other performances or activities that entertain people, or a performance of ...
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(Definition ofmereandentertainmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmere entertainment

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Several speeches at the 1897 congress alluded to the perceived significance of theatre beyondmereentertainment.
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Of course, universities do not offermereentertainment, but access to knowledge and training in analytical capacities, which invites closer scrutiny.
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To some, they aremereentertainment, whilst elsewhere they have enormous cultural resonance, and need to be handled with great respect, if at all.
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The days have gone when broadcasting is a small entertainment, or even amereentertainment.
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Nobody would say that themereentertainmentfunction was more important.
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He said that he regarded broadcasting as something more thanmereentertainment.
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These will strike at things which have become notmereentertainmentand pleasure, but, owing to the pressure upon labour, a necessary solace.
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It is not the well-to-do woman; she can spend her evenings, probably, inmereentertainment.
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This satisfaction can be from a sense of achievement, praise from a higher-up, ormereentertainment.
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Most everyone else in the game went the other way around: they started asmereentertainment, then dug deep so as not to be forgotten.
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Even ostensibly apolitical escapist films, which promisemereentertainmentas an escape from everyday life, however, fulfill a political function.
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He regarded such programmes asmereentertainment.
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Yershov believed strongly that opera was an important art form and notmereentertainmentfor the wealthy.
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