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- Dictionaryen·gage/inˈɡāj/
verb
- 1. occupy, attract, or involve (someone's interest or attention): "he plowed on, trying to outline his plans and engage Sutton's attention" Similar Opposite
- 2. participate or become involved in: "organizations engage in a variety of activities" Similar
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The meaning of ENGAGE is to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end. How to use engage in a sentence.
to become involved, or have contact, with someone or something: She's an intelligent child but in class she doesn't really engage. engage with Just stay out of his way as much as possible, and don't engage with him. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. engage verb (FIT TOGETHER) [ I or T ]
If something engages you or your attention or interest, it keeps you interested in it and thinking about it. They never learned skills to engage the attention of the others. [VERB noun] 3. verb. If you engage someone in conversation, you have a conversation with them. They tried to engage him in conversation.
Engage definition: to occupy the attention or efforts of (a person or persons). See examples of ENGAGE used in a sentence.
Engage means to bind, catch, or involve. If your sink is stopped up, engage, or hire, a plumber to fix it. Otherwise the smell of rotten food in the garbage disposal will engage your attention (in a bad way). Engage comes from a French word for pledge.
1. To involve oneself or become occupied; participate: engage in conversation. 2. To assume an obligation; agree. 3. To enter into conflict or battle: The armies engaged at dawn. 4. To become meshed or interlocked: The gears engaged.
[transitive](formal)to employ a person, company, etc. to do a particular job. engage somebody/somethingShe has already engaged a lawyer. We will have to engage the services of a translator.
engage meaning, definition, what is engage: to be doing or to become involved in an ...: Learn more.
ENGAGE definition: 1. to interest someone in something and keep them thinking about it: 2. to employ someone: . Learn more.
Definition of engage verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.