engagementnoun
uk/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ.mənt/us/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ.mənt/engagement noun (MARRIAGE)
[ C ] an agreement to marry someone:
They announced their engagement at the party on Saturday.
an engagement party
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Marriage, cohabitation & other relationships
- adulteress
- affinal
- as husband and wife idiom
- be an item idiom
- be shacked up idiom
- hear wedding bells idiom
- hitched
- honest
- husband
- intermarriage
- marriage counseling
- marriage equality
- marriageable
- marry
- marry in haste, repent at leisure idiom
- shack
- shack up
- something
- together
- wedlock
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engagement noun (ARRANGEMENT)
[ C ] formal an arrangement to meet someone or do something at a particular time:
a dinner engagement
I'm afraid I have a previous/prior engagement (= another arrangement already made).
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Meeting people
- appointment
- conclave
- cross
- cross sb's path/cross paths with sb idiom
- deal
- gathering
- hello
- hook
- hook up
- how are things (with you)? idiom
- how do you do? idiom
- it's a date idiom
- known
- massed
- meet
- meeting point
- muster point
- remember sb to sb
- run across sb
- tryst
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engagement noun (FIGHTING)
[ C or U ] specialized military the act of beginning to fight someone, or a period of time in a war
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Fighting
- a fight to the finish idiom
- bloodless
- bloodletting
- brawl
- combat
- counterinsurgency
- disturbance
- dust-up
- fighting
- fistfight
- fisticuffs
- fray
- he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day idiom
- hotspot
- last
- mano a mano
- pick
- shoot
- slug
- slug it out idiom
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Attacking & invading
engagement noun (INTEREST)
[ U ] the fact of being involved with something:
He was known for his engagement with the problems of the most difficult students.
their lack of engagement in politics
[ U ] the process of encouraging people to be interested in the work of an organization, etc.:
This article outlines the council's communication and public engagement strategy.
The charity is currently recruiting for an experienced engagement officer.