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- Dictionaryen·gaged/inˈɡājd/
adjective
- 1. busy; occupied: "I told him I was otherwise engaged" Similar Opposite
- 2. having formally agreed to marry: "she was engaged to a lecturer" Similar Opposite
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ENGAGED definition: 1. having formally agreed to marry: 2. involved in something: 3. busy doing something: .
The meaning of ENGAGED is involved in activity : occupied, busy. How to use engaged in a sentence.
Engaged definition: busy or occupied; involved. See examples of ENGAGED used in a sentence.
Engaged means fully occupied or having your full attention. An engaged reader really focuses on the words and maybe even jots down questions or comments in the pages' margins. If you're busy or involved with something, you're engaged in it.
engage (with) When the large gear wheel engages (with the smaller one), the mill stone will start to go round. Enemy planes engaged the troops as they advanced into the mountains. He wrote about things that engaged him. [ I ] The gears won’t engage. [ T ] You need to engage second gear. The marines engaged the enemy.
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. Did you know?
Someone who is engaged in or engaged on a particular activity is doing that thing. When two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry each other. We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday. He was engaged to Miss Julia Maria Boardman. ...the engaged couple.
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 definition: to occupy the attention or efforts of (a person or persons). See examples of ENGAGE used in a sentence.
Definition of engage verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
