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Entertaiment refers to entertainment, and it can be a broad concept – from watching a performance or other activity that is designed to entertain, such as sports or a TV show, through to the activities children engage in during play. Often these entertainments may have a serious purpose, such as learning social skills or gaining insights through a story, for example the Scheherazade story in the Persian professional storytelling tradition, which inspired composers to write orchestral music, film directors to make adaptations and game designers to create innovative video games. The word is occasionally abbreviated to entmt on industry news publications and fliers, and to entmtd in short hand note taking.