Entertaining is a widespread activity that shapes people’s lifestyles and cultural values. Its significance has not been eroded by technological development. While it changes the availability, speed and cost of entertainment products and services, its fundamental forms are relatively stable. For example, the story of Scheherazade from professional storytelling tradition inspired Rimsky-Korsakov, Ravel and Szymanowski to compose musical works; Pasolini made a film and a game based on it. This article presents academically accepted, systematically built and area-oriented definitions of entertainment.