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engagements definition

engagements


 
  Grep  of  noun  engagement 
  disengagement 
  engagement 
  engagement  ring 
  non-engagement 
 
  Overview  of  noun  engagement 
 
  The  noun  engagement  has  7  senses  (first  5  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (6)  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.  (2)  date,  appointment,  engagement  --  (a  meeting  arranged  in  advance;  "she  asked  how  to  avoid  kissing  at  the  end  of  a  date") 
  3.  (2)  betrothal,  troth,  engagement  --  (a  mutual  promise  to  marry) 
  4.  (1)  employment,  engagement  --  (the  act  of  giving  someone  a  job) 
  5.  (1)  engagement,  booking  --  (employment  for  performers  or  performing  groups  that  lasts  for  a  limited  period  of  time;  "the  play  had  bookings  throughout  the  summer") 
  6.  engagement,  mesh,  meshing,  interlocking  --  (contact  by  fitting  together;  "the  engagement  of  the  clutch";  "the  meshing  of  gears") 
  7.  engagement,  participation,  involvement  --  (sharing  the  activities  of  a  group  "the  teacher  tried  to  increase  his  students'  engagement  in  class  activities") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  engagement 
 
  The  noun  engagement  has  7  senses  (first  5  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (6)  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.  (2)  date,  appointment,  engagement  --  (a  meeting  arranged  in  advance;  "she  asked  how  to  avoid  kissing  at  the  end  of  a  date") 
  3.  (2)  betrothal,  troth,  engagement  --  (a  mutual  promise  to  marry) 
  4.  (1)  employment,  engagement  --  (the  act  of  giving  someone  a  job) 
  5.  (1)  engagement,  booking  --  (employment  for  performers  or  performing  groups  that  lasts  for  a  limited  period  of  time;  "the  play  had  bookings  throughout  the  summer") 
  6.  engagement,  mesh,  meshing,  interlocking  --  (contact  by  fitting  together;  "the  engagement  of  the  clutch";  "the  meshing  of  gears") 
  7.  engagement,  participation,  involvement  --  (sharing  the  activities  of  a  group  "the  teacher  tried  to  increase  his  students'  engagement  in  class  activities") 



engagements definition