ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does entertainment industry mean? 

• ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY (noun)
  The noun ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY has 1 sense:

1. those involved in providing entertainment: radio and television and films and theater

  Familiarity information: ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Those involved in providing entertainment: radio and television and films and theater

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

entertainment industry; show biz; show business

Hypernyms ("entertainment industry" is a kind of...):

industry (the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise)

Meronyms (parts of "entertainment industry"):

film industry; movie industry (the entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing movies)

 Context examples 

This full moon of February 8-9 is in Leo, a sign that rules the arts and entertainment, including actors and musicians, artists, costume and set designers, poets, photographers, filmmakers, screenwriters—even lawyers who specialize in intellectual property for the entertainment industry.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)