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SHOW BUSINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does show business mean?
• SHOW BUSINESS (noun)
The noun SHOW BUSINESS has 1 sense:
1. those involved in providing entertainment: radio and television and films and theater
Familiarity information: SHOW BUSINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("show business" is a kind of...):
industry (the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise)
Meronyms (parts of "show business"):
film industry; movie industry (the entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing movies)
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