entertainment industry

collocation in English

meaningsofentertainmentandindustry

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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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industry
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.də.stri/us
/ˈɪn.də.stri/
the companies and activities involved in the process of producing goods for sale, especially in a factory or ...
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(Definition ofentertainmentandindustryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Second with regard to a decrease in turnover came restaurants, bars and other centres of the nightlyentertainmentindustry.
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In this reading, the circus clown becomes a figure onto which many ideas about theentertainmentindustryand its regulation can be mapped.
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However, in order to maintain their place in theentertainmentindustry, they had to adapt to the changing circumstances.
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Others worked as seamstresses, in theentertainmentindustryand hotels.
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He discerns this in local products of theentertainmentindustry, high-finish automobiles and surfboards, modernist architecture and leisure activities such as surfing.
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He styled himself a rebel from theentertainmentindustryand the celebrity business, though his rebellion was mostly an unconscious, romantic pose.
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In his view, theentertainmentindustryplayed on the bad side of human nature, turning entertainment into a commercialised fashion or fad.
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The most interesting of convergences involve the activities of companies outside theentertainmentindustry.
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Any initiative in this area might look first to theentertainmentindustryfor financial and practical help.
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Videos are surely part of the sameentertainmentindustryas the theatre and cinema.
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We must also monitor the other negative effects of this branch of theentertainmentindustry, including money laundering and organised crime in general.
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I qualified as a chartered accountant, started professional practice and then went into commerce in theentertainmentindustry.
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I have never quite understood the distinction between show business and theentertainmentindustry.
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The third of the many categories left out are those in theentertainmentindustry.
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In theentertainmentindustryas a whole that has not been the result in the past.
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The arts, television, film, theentertainmentindustry, sport and holidays—these are the things that fill our lives when we are not at work.
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Why should not individuals in that branch of theentertainmentindustrybe treated in the same way as the rest of theentertainmentindustry?
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The wholeentertainmentindustryis founded on competition, as with theatres and cinemas.
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The principal object here is to extend and improve the safeguards for children employed in theentertainmentindustry.
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