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en⋅gage⋅ment
[en-geyj-muh
nt] 
–noun
| 1. | the act of engaging or the state of being engaged. |
| 2. | an appointment or arrangement: a business engagement. |
| 3. | betrothal: They announced their engagement. |
| 4. | a pledge; an obligation or agreement: All his time seems to be taken up with social engagements. |
| 5. | employment, or a period or post of employment, esp. in the performing arts: Her engagement at the nightclub will last five weeks. |
| 6. | an encounter, conflict, or battle: We have had two very costly engagements with the enemy this week alone. |
| 7. | Mechanics. the act or state of interlocking. |
| 8. | engagements, Commerce. financial obligations. |
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| en·gage·ment (ěn-gāj'mənt) n.
Synonyms: These nouns denote a commitment to appear at a certain time and place: a business engagement; a dental appointment; a secret assignation; a date to play tennis; a rendezvous of agents at the border; a lovers' tryst. |
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Engagement
En*gage"ment\, n. [Cf. F. engagement.]1. The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest. 2. The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife. 3. That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office. Religion, which is the chief engagement of our league. --Milton. 4. (Mil.) An action; a fight; a battle. In hot engagement with the Moors. --Dryden. 5. (Mach.) The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part. Syn: Vocation; business; employment; occupation; promise; stipulation; betrothal; word; battle; combat; fight; contest; conflict. See Battle.
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Language Translation for : engagement
Spanish:
contrato, petición de mano, compromiso, combate,
German:
die Anstellung, die Verlobung, die Verpflichtung,
Japanese:
係り合うこと
Main Entry: en·gage·ment
Pronunciation: in-'gAj-m&nt
Function: noun
: the phase of parturition in which the fetal head passes into thecavity of the true pelvis
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engagement en·gage·ment (ěn-gāj'mənt)
n.
The entrance of the fetal head or presenting part into the upper opening of the maternal pelvis.
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engagement
promise that a marriage will take place. In societies in which premarital sexual relations are condoned or in which consensual union is common, betrothal may be unimportant. In other societies, however, betrothal is a formal part of the marriage process. In such cases a change of intention by one of the parties is a serious matter and may be referred to as a breach of promise, a civil transgression subject in some instances to a fine or other penalty
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