Engagement (Noun)
Meaning 1
A meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date".
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 2
Employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 3
A mutual promise to marry.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 4
The act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 5
The act of giving someone a job.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 6
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".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 7
Contact by fitting together; "the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears".
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Nouns denoting natural events.