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infotain

infotain verb: to inform and entertain.

Verb

infotain (third-person singular simple present infotains, present participle infotaining, simple past and past participle infotained)

  1. To inform and entertain.
    • What the hell was he supposed to do, go out and cap somebody himself just to keep the guy infotained?1992, Richard Price, Clockers

Forms of infotain

third-person singular presentinfotains
present participleinfotaining
past participleinfotained
pastinfotained

Origin of infotain

Back-formation from infotainment.

Questions about infotain

What does infotain mean?
Infotain means to inform and entertain.
What part of speech is infotain?
Infotain is a verb.
What is the past tense of infotain?
The past tense of infotain is infotained.

Words near infotain in the dictionary

  1. infostructure
  2. infostructures
  3. infosystem
  4. infosystems
  5. infotactic
  6. infotain
  7. infotained
  8. infotainer
  9. infotainers
  10. infotaining
  11. infotainment

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