Definitions of engagement [ɛnˈgeɪdʒ mənt]

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Definition of 'engagement'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) engagement
the act of engaging or the state of being engaged.

2.  engagement
an appointment or arrangement, esp. to be somewhere or do something at a particular time.

3.  engagement
an agreement to marry; betrothal.

4.  engagement
a pledge; an obligation or agreement.

5.  engagement
employment, or a period or post of employment.

6.  engagement
an encounter, conflict, or battle.

7.  engagement
the act or state of interlocking.

Etymology: (1615–25)

Definition of 'engagement'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) battle, conflict, fight, engagement
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
"Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"

2. (noun) date, appointment, engagement
a meeting arranged in advance
"she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"

3. (noun) betrothal, troth, engagement
a mutual promise to marry

4. (noun) employment, engagement
the act of giving someone a job

5. (noun) engagement, booking
employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
"the play had bookings throughout the summer"

6. (noun) engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking
contact by fitting together
"the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears"

7. (noun) engagement, participation, involvement, involution
the act of sharing in the activities of a group
"the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"

Definition of 'engagement'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) engagement
a promise to marry sb
She broke off their engagement.

2. engagement
a meeting with sb; = appointment
a previous engagement

Definition of 'engagement'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) engagement
the act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest

2. (noun) engagement
the state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife

3. (noun) engagement
that which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office

4. (noun) engagement
an action; a fight; a battle

5. (noun) engagement
the state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part

Definition of 'engagement'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. engagement
1. In air defense, an attack with guns or air-to-air missiles by an interceptor aircraft, or the launch of an air defense missile by air defense artillery and the missile

Translation of 'engagement'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: busy; not free; occupied Please come if you are not already engaged for that evening; The room / telephone line is engaged.; the engagement of three new assistants; When shall we announce our engagement?; Have you any engagements tomorrow?; a naval engagement (= battle); (
Afrikaans: verlowing, verbintenis	Arabic: إشْتِباك، خُطْبَه	Bulgarian: наемане
Brazilian: compromisso	Czech: angažování; zasnoubení; z	German: die Anstellung, die Verlo
Danish: ansættelse; forlovelse; a	Greek: πρόσληψη, απασχόληση, αρρ	Spanish: contrato, petición de man
Estonian: töölevõtmine, kihlus, kok	Farsi: نامزدی؛ مشغولیت؛ وعده؛ نب	Finnish: kihlaus
French: recrutement, fiançailles,	Hebrew: אִירוּסִין	Hindi: काम में व्यस्त रहने की, स
Croatian: zaruke; prid. zaručnički	Hungarian: alkalmazás; eljegyzés; el	Indonesian: janji, pertunangan
Icelandic: ráðning; trúlofun; bardag	Italian: assunzione; fidanzamento,	Japanese: 係り合うこと
Korean: 약혼, 고용	Lithuanian: įdarbinimas, sužadėtuvės,	Latvian: nodarbināšana; saderināša
Malay: petunangan	Dutch: aanstelling, verloving, a	Norwegian: ansettelse; forlovelse; t
Polish: zatrudnienie, zaręczyny,	Persian: نامزدی؛ مشغولیت؛ وعده؛ نب	Pashto: كوزده، نامزدى، نيونه،استخ
Portuguese: compromisso	Romanian: angajare; logodnă; tr	Russian: наём; помолвка; встреча;
Slovak: zamestnanie; zasnúbenie;	Slovenian: zaposlitev; zaroka; obvez	Serbian: veridba
Swedish: anställning, förlovning,	Thai: การนัดพบ; การหมั้น	Turkish: sözleşme; nişan(lama); ça
Taiwanese: 僱用，訂婚，約會，交戰	Ukrainian: заняття; заручини	Urdu: ملاقات ، منگنی
Vietnamese: sự hứa hẹn; trận giao chi	Chinese: 雇用，订婚的，约会，战役
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