Definitions for Engaged
ɛnˈgeɪdʒden·gaged

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. engaged, occupiedadjective

   having ones attention or mind or energy engaged

   "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"

2. engagedadjective

   involved in military hostilities

   "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"

3. booked, engaged, set-aside(p)adjective

   reserved in advance

4. busy, engaged, in use(p)adjective

   (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. engaged, meshed, intermeshedadjective

   (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting

   "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"

6. engagedadjective

   having services contracted for

   "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"

7. engagedadjective

   built against or attached to a wall

   "engaged columns"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. engagedadjective

   Agreed to be married.

2. engagedadjective

   Busy or employed.

3. engagedadjective

   Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls it

4. engagedadjective

   attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway

5. engagedadjective

   in contact and in operation

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1. engaged

   An engagement or betrothal is the period of time between the declaration of acceptance of a marriage proposal and the marriage itself (which is typically but not always commenced with a wedding). During this period, a couple is said to be fiancés (from the French), betrothed, intended, affianced, engaged to be married, or simply engaged. Future brides and grooms may be called fiancée (feminine) or fiancé (masculine), the betrothed, a wife-to-be or husband-to-be, respectively. The duration of the courtship varies vastly, and is largely dependent on cultural norms or upon the agreement of the parties involved. Long engagements were once common in formal arranged marriages, and it was not uncommon for parents betrothing children to arrange marriages many years before the engaged couple were old enough. This is still done in some countries. Many traditional Christian denominations have optional rites for Christian betrothal (also known as 'blessing an engaged couple' or 'declaration of intention') that bless and ratify the intent of a couple to marry before God and the Church.

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1. engaged

   Engaged generally refers to being occupied, busy, or involved in some form of activity. It can also specifically refer to having formally agreed to marry, as when two people are engaged to be married. Additionally, in a mechanical context, it can refer to interlocking or causing to interlock, such as gears or components of a machine.

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1. Engaged

   of Engage

2. Engagedadjective

   occupied; employed; busy

3. Engagedadjective

   pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed

4. Engagedadjective

   greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest

5. Engagedadjective

   involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight

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1. Engaged

   Engaged is a three-act farcical comic play by W. S. Gilbert. It premiered at the Haymarket Theatre on 3 October 1877, the same year as The Sorcerer, one of Gilbert's comic operas written with Arthur Sullivan, which was soon followed by the collaborators' great success in H.M.S. Pinafore. Engaged was well received on the London stage and then in New York City, where the first production of the play opened in February 1879. The work then enjoyed many revivals on both sides of the Atlantic and continues to be produced today. Engaged has been W. S. Gilbert's most popular stage work aside from the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas. A New York Times review of an 1886 production of Engaged noted that "the laughter was almost incessant." Makers wrote: "Engaged [is] unquestionably the finest and funniest English comedy between Bulwer-Lytton's Money and Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, which it directly inspired". Engaged may also have inspired George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man and Alan Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests.

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1. engaged

   Agree to marry.

   They both chose to marry and got engaged.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020  

2. ---

   engagedverb

   Verb form of the word engage.

   We are engaged in peaceful and unifying politics.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 4, 2020  

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Engaged' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3576

How to pronounce Engaged?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Engaged in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Engaged in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Engaged in a Sentence

1. Shailene Woodley:

   Yes, we are engaged, we are engaged, but for us, it's not new news, you know, so it's kind of funny, everybody right now is freaking out over it, and we're like, 'Yeah we've been engaged for a while.'.

2. Brene Brown:

   The real questions for parents should be: ‘Are you engaged? Are you paying attention?’ If so, plan to make lots of mistakes and bad decisions. Imperfect parenting moments turn into gifts as our children watch us try to figure out what went wrong and how we can do better next time. The mandate is not to be perfect and raise happy children. Perfection doesn’t exist, and I’ve found what makes children happy doesn’t always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.

3. Quentin Kidd:

   They just were not engaged and excited about a ticket that they saw as not in tune with their issues or interests, and not of their generation, on the other side, you had younger conservative voters who have been less engaged over the last 10 years, who were suddenly really engaged because they were excited about the idea of having a candidate who was generating enthusiasm and energy, especially in the last three or four weeks of the election.

4. Shailene Woodley:

   Yes, we are engaged, we are engaged, but for us, it's not new news, you know, so it's kind of funny, everybody right now is freaking out over it and we're like,' Yeah we've been engaged for a while.'.

5. David Mohr:

   For example, if somebody is going out and engaged in activities like going to a restaurant or movie theater, it doesn’t necessarily have to say that’s exactly what they’re doing or the location. [The tool] can say the person is engaged in activities related to entertainment, a lot of companies are using these kinds of data for marketing purposes.

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