Engagement

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The action of engaging or the state of being engaged.
  • noun. The condition of being in gear.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A mutual promise to get married.
  • noun. The period during which this promise is kept.
  • noun. A pledge or obligation.
  • noun. A promise or agreement to be at a particular place at a particular time.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Employment, especially for a specified time.
  • noun. A specific, often limited, period of employment.
  • noun. A hostile encounter; a battle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of engaging, binding, or pledging, or the state of being engaged, bound, or pledged.
  • noun. That to which one is engaged or pledged; an agreement; an appointment; a contract; an undertaking: as, he failed to fulfil his engagement.
  • noun. Specifically The state of having entered into a contract of marriage; betrothal: as, their engagement has been announced.
  • noun. That which engages or binds; obligation.
  • noun. Strong attachment or adherence; partiality; bias; partizanship.
  • noun. Occupation; employment of the attention; affair of business.
  • noun. In machinery, the act or state of meshing together and acting upon each other: as, the engagement of geared wheels.
  • noun. A combat between armies or fleets; a fight; a conflict; a battle.
  • noun. In fencing, the joining of weapons with an adversary: as, an engagement in carte, tierce, etc. Rolando (ed. Forsyth).
  • noun. Synonyms Pledge, etc. (see promise, n.), contract.
  • noun. Conflict, Fight, etc. See battle.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.
  • noun. The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.
  • noun. That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in.
  • noun. An action; a fight; a battle.
  • noun. The state of being in gear.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. an appointment, especially to speak or perform
  • noun. connection or attachment
  • noun. the period of time when marriage is planned or promised
  • noun. In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
  • noun. a mutual promise to marry
  • noun. the act of giving someone a job
  • noun. the act of sharing in the activities of a group
  • noun. contact by fitting together
  • noun. a meeting arranged in advance
  • noun. employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
  • Word Usage
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