Pronunciations (2)
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/əˈmjuːz/
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əˈmjuːz
Verb
To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (someone) with pleasing emotions.
Usage- Transitive
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I watch these movies because they amuse me.
It always amuses me to hear the funny stories why people haven't got a ticket, but I never let them get in without paying.
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A group of children amusing themselves with pushing stones from the top [of the cliff], and watching as they plunged into the lake.
To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.
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His jokes rarely fail to amuse me.
To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
Usage- Archaic
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To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.
Usage- Archaic
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Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could not find the house.
the enemies were amused on the fires that our men made
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Hairs which have most amused me have not been in the Face or Head, but on the Back, and not in Men but Children, as I long ago observed in that Endemial Distemper of little Children in Languedock, called the Morgellons, […]
Verb
occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
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The play amused the ladies
make (somebody) laugh
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The clown amused the children