engageverb
uk/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/us/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/engage verb (EMPLOY)
[ T ] mainly UK formal to employ someone:
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- We've recently engaged a cleaner.
- She has been known to engage the services of a professional shopper.
- For these services he would otherwise have to engage a psychotherapist.
- A professional coach was immediately engaged.
- 240 stewards were engaged to ensure that the game went smoothly.
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Applying for a job
- anoint
- applicant
- appoint
- appointed
- appointee
- appointment
- handpicked
- headhunt
- hiring
- intake
- job
- job centre
- scout
- set sb up
- step
- step into sth
- subcontract
- take sb on
- take sth on
- tender
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engage verb (INTEREST)
C1 [ T ] formal to interest someone in something and keep them thinking about it:
[ I ] formal to become involved, or have contact, with someone or something:
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- The subject doesn't engage me.
- For some reason the film failed to engage my interest.
- We're always looking out for new subjects that will engage our readers.
- The debate fails to engage him intellectually.
- He was examining his fingernails, one of which seemed to engage his attention.
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Inspiration and inspiring
- blue-sky
- breathe
- breathe (new) life into sth idiom
- creative
- enthral
- entrance 1
- grip
- incentivize
- inspiration
- inspire
- kindle
- muse
- show
- show (sb) the way idiom
- stimulate
- stimulating
- visionary
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engage verb (FIT TOGETHER)
[ I or T ] to make one part of a machine fit into and move together with another part of a machine:
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Engineering - mechanical
- -engined
- artificer
- automatic
- automatically
- automative
- hydraulic
- idle
- internal combustion engine
- mechanic
- mechanical
- mechanically
- octane
- octane number
- outboard motor
- strip
- tick
- torque
- tune
- vane
- wheelbase
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engage verb (BEGIN FIGHTING)
[ I or T ] specialized military to attack or begin to fight someone:
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Attacking & invading
- ambush
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- blitz
- blitz
- cyberwarfare
- engagement
- going-over
- incursion
- invade
- invader
- offensive
- reducer
- relieve
- rip into sb/sth
- rush
- sack
- sacking
- sally
- sortie
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engage verb (TEACH)
Indian English [ T ] to teach someone, especially a class of children, or to keep someone busy
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Teaching in general
- brief
- CAL
- CLIL
- clue
- clue sb in
- drum
- homeschool
- hothousing
- instruction
- instructional
- popularize
- special educational needs
- teach
- teach sb a lesson idiom
- that'll teach sb idiom
- tutelage
- upskill
- upskilling
- wean
- wean sb on sth
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