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1. (adj.) engaged
busy or occupied.
2. engaged
pledged to be married; betrothed:
an engaged couple.
3. engaged
committed or involved.
4. engaged
involved in conflict with.
5. engaged
(of gears) interlocked.
6. engaged
(of wheels) in gear with each other.
7. engaged
built so as to be or appear to be attached to or partly embedded in a wall:
an engaged column.
Etymology: (1605–15)
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| Definition of 'engaged' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) engaged, occupied
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
"she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"
2. (adj) engaged
involved in military hostilities
"the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"
3. (adj) booked, engaged, set-aside(p)
reserved in advance
4. (adj) busy, engaged, in use(p)
(of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)
"her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal"
5. (adj) engaged, meshed, intermeshed
(used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
"the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"
6. (adj) engaged
having services contracted for
"the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"
7. (adj) engaged
built against or attached to a wall
"engaged columns"
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1. (adjective) engaged
having promised to marry sb
They're engaged!; I just got engaged to my boyfriend.
2. engaged
(of a telephone line) busy
***I rang, but it was engaged.
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| Definition of 'engaged' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) engaged
occupied; employed; busy
2. (adj) engaged
pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed
3. (adj) engaged
greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest
4. (adj) engaged
involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight
5. engaged
of Engage
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Sense: bound by promise (especially to marry)
She became engaged to John.
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 Afrikaans: verloof |
 Arabic: مَخْطوب، مَخْطوبَه |
 Bulgarian: сгодявам |
 Brazilian: comprometido |
 Czech: zasnoubený |
 German: verlobt |
 Danish: forlovet |
 Greek: αρραβωνιασμένος |
 Spanish: prometido |
 Estonian: kihlatud |
 Farsi: نامزد |
 Finnish: kihloissa |
 French: fiancé |
 Hebrew: מְאוֹרָס |
 Hindi: सगाई में होना |
 Croatian: zaručen |
 Hungarian: eljegyzett |
 Indonesian: bertunangan |
 Icelandic: trúlofaður |
 Italian: fidanzato |
 Japanese: 婚約した |
 Korean: 약혼한 |
 Lithuanian: susižiedavęs |
 Latvian: saderināts |
 Malay: tunang |
 Dutch: verloofd |
 Norwegian: forlovet |
 Polish: zaręczony |
 Persian: نامزد |
 Pashto: نامزد |
 Portuguese: comprometido |
 Romanian: logodit |
 Russian: помолвленный |
 Slovak: zasnúbený |
 Slovenian: zaročen |
 Serbian: veren |
 Swedish: förlovad |
 Thai: ซึ่งหมั้นหมายกัน |
 Turkish: nişanlı |
 Taiwanese: 已訂婚的 |
 Ukrainian: заручений |
 Urdu: منسوب |
 Vietnamese: đã đính hôn |
 Chinese: 已订婚约的 |
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