Amuse
verb
To make someone laugh or smile.
He always knows how to amuse his audience.
Often appears as...
- amuse yourself
- amuse the crowd
verb
To keep someone busy, especially in a pleasant way.
They found a puzzle to amuse themselves during the long trip.
Often appears as...
- amuse yourself
- amuse with toys
verb
To make someone laugh or smile.
He always knows how to amuse his audience.
Often appears as...
- amuse yourself
- amuse the crowd
verb
To keep someone busy, especially in a pleasant way.
They found a puzzle to amuse themselves during the long trip.
Often appears as...
- amuse yourself
- amuse with toys
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Positive emotion
Amuse in this context implies a positive response such as laughter or a smile.
The clown's antics amused the children.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Effort
Using 'amuse' suggests a deliberate attempt to provoke laughter or enjoyment.
She juggled fruit to amuse her friends at the party.
Pro Tip 3/3Social context
Often used in social scenarios where someone is trying to entertain a group.
The magician amused the crowd with his tricks.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive emotion
Amuse in this context implies a positive response such as laughter or a smile.
The clown's antics amused the children.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Effort
Using 'amuse' suggests a deliberate attempt to provoke laughter or enjoyment.
She juggled fruit to amuse her friends at the party.
Pro Tip 3/3Social context
Often used in social scenarios where someone is trying to entertain a group.
The magician amused the crowd with his tricks.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive emotion
Amuse in this context implies a positive response such as laughter or a smile.
The clown's antics amused the children.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Effort
Using 'amuse' suggests a deliberate attempt to provoke laughter or enjoyment.
She juggled fruit to amuse her friends at the party.
Pro Tip 3/3Social context
Often used in social scenarios where someone is trying to entertain a group.
The magician amused the crowd with his tricks.
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It's OK to feel...
how catastrophe can lead to transformation, gives us, actually, I think, reasonable cause to hope. One thing that I'm noticing that I'm, like, a little bit amused by is that when people start predicting what the post-pandemic world is going to be, I notice that their predictions seem to be, suspiciously,
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Carl Honore: In praise...
I mean, these are sort of the extreme examples, and they're amusing and good to laugh at. But there's a very serious point, and I think that in the headlong dash of daily life, we often lose sight of the damage that this roadrunner form of living does to us. We're so marinated in the culture of speed
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What happens when our...
Suppose we give an A.I. the goal to make humans smile. When the A.I. is weak, it performs useful or amusing actions that cause its user to smile. When the A.I. becomes superintelligent, it realizes that there is a more effective way to achieve this take control of the world
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Innovative and cost...
local materials not important and I produce these products from local materials starting from Kota molasses chicken ovens the intestines the crooks I refer to the hood amuse him not human with food and therefore if I'm missing cow dung you can see that you can
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The Japanese myth of the...
From that day on, the tanuki became an esteemed guest of the temple. He could frequently be found telling tales and performing tricks that amused even the most serious monks. Villagers came from far away to see the temple tanuki,
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Storytellers Summit Day...
his native language amused oh and one of the main characters is his mother is Maya's goals as a storyteller is to really portrait a new image of indigenous communities that can help them overcome stereotypes and be more
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How to get empowered,...
and help life spread into the cosmos, but there was much less agreement about who or what should be in charge. And I was actually quite amused to see that there's some some people who want it to be just machines.
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A Darwinian theory of...
to amuse and amaze each other by, who knows, telling jokes, storytelling, dancing, or hairstyling. Yes, hairstyling -- I insist on that. For us moderns, virtuoso technique is used to create imaginary worlds
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Tim Brown urges...
Amusing? Yes. Desirable? Maybe. Important? Not so very. But this wasn't always the way. And I'd like to suggest that if we take a different view of design, and focus less on the object
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Dan Dennett: Cute, sexy,...
We adore babies because they’re so cute. And, of course, we are amused by jokes because they are funny.
Video examples
It's OK to feel...
how catastrophe can lead to transformation, gives us, actually, I think, reasonable cause to hope. One thing that I'm noticing that I'm, like, a little bit amused by is that when people start predicting what the post-pandemic world is going to be, I notice that their predictions seem to be, suspiciously,
Video examples
Carl Honore: In praise...
I mean, these are sort of the extreme examples, and they're amusing and good to laugh at. But there's a very serious point, and I think that in the headlong dash of daily life, we often lose sight of the damage that this roadrunner form of living does to us. We're so marinated in the culture of speed
Video examples
What happens when our...
Suppose we give an A.I. the goal to make humans smile. When the A.I. is weak, it performs useful or amusing actions that cause its user to smile. When the A.I. becomes superintelligent, it realizes that there is a more effective way to achieve this take control of the world
Video examples
Innovative and cost...
local materials not important and I produce these products from local materials starting from Kota molasses chicken ovens the intestines the crooks I refer to the hood amuse him not human with food and therefore if I'm missing cow dung you can see that you can
Video examples
The Japanese myth of the...
From that day on, the tanuki became an esteemed guest of the temple. He could frequently be found telling tales and performing tricks that amused even the most serious monks. Villagers came from far away to see the temple tanuki,
Video examples
Storytellers Summit Day...
his native language amused oh and one of the main characters is his mother is Maya's goals as a storyteller is to really portrait a new image of indigenous communities that can help them overcome stereotypes and be more
Video examples
How to get empowered,...
and help life spread into the cosmos, but there was much less agreement about who or what should be in charge. And I was actually quite amused to see that there's some some people who want it to be just machines.
Video examples
A Darwinian theory of...
to amuse and amaze each other by, who knows, telling jokes, storytelling, dancing, or hairstyling. Yes, hairstyling -- I insist on that. For us moderns, virtuoso technique is used to create imaginary worlds
Video examples
Tim Brown urges...
Amusing? Yes. Desirable? Maybe. Important? Not so very. But this wasn't always the way. And I'd like to suggest that if we take a different view of design, and focus less on the object
Video examples
Dan Dennett: Cute, sexy,...
We adore babies because they’re so cute. And, of course, we are amused by jokes because they are funny.
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Joel Coen
American Director
I guess there's a certain amount of poking fun at certain characters, but that's because there is something amusing about them or about the way they behave, so I guess you can say that that's poking fun at the character. But the character is your own invention, so who cares?
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Colombian Novelist
It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there's not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination.
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Julia Roberts
American Actress
I don't get angry very often. I lose my temper rarely. And when I do, there's always a legitimate cause. Normally I have a great lightness of being. I take things in a very happy, amused way.
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David Hume
Scottish Philosopher
The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue.
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Evelyn Waugh
English Author
We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.
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Cher
American Musician
I'm amusing and crazy on Twitter. I talk about important things, stupid things.
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Parvathy
Indian Actress
Bollywood marketing is larger-than-life. Honestly, it amuses me.
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John Forsythe
American Actor
It's rather amusing at my advanced age to become a sex symbol.
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William Ellery Channing
American Writer
Life has a higher end, than to be amused.
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Andrew Lang
Scottish Poet
Life's more amusing than we thought.
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Joel Coen
American Director
I guess there's a certain amount of poking fun at certain characters, but that's because there is something amusing about them or about the way they behave, so I guess you can say that that's poking fun at the character. But the character is your own invention, so who cares?
Quote examples
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Colombian Novelist
It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there's not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination.
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Julia Roberts
American Actress
I don't get angry very often. I lose my temper rarely. And when I do, there's always a legitimate cause. Normally I have a great lightness of being. I take things in a very happy, amused way.
Quote examples
David Hume
Scottish Philosopher
The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens virtue.
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Evelyn Waugh
English Author
We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.
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Cher
American Musician
I'm amusing and crazy on Twitter. I talk about important things, stupid things.
Quote examples
Parvathy
Indian Actress
Bollywood marketing is larger-than-life. Honestly, it amuses me.
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John Forsythe
American Actor
It's rather amusing at my advanced age to become a sex symbol.
Quote examples
William Ellery Channing
American Writer
Life has a higher end, than to be amused.
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Andrew Lang
Scottish Poet
Life's more amusing than we thought.
Example 1 of 10
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