engagement
Use Engagement in a sentence
mənt noun
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, especially in the performing arts: Her engagement at the nightclub will last five weeks.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a pledge of marriage; betrothal |
| 2. | an appointment or arrangement, esp for business or social purposes |
| 3. | the act of engaging or condition of being engaged |
| 4. | a promise, obligation, or other condition that binds |
| 5. | a period of employment, esp a limited period |
| 6. | an action; battle |
| 7. | (plural) financial obligations |
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Medical Dictionary
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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Encyclopedia Britannica
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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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Example sentences
Engagement in social media provides your scientific society with the opportunity to be a thought leader.
They also carried out their first royal engagement as a couple, the opening of a children's playground in the area.
We're building online billboards, not centers for engagement.
She broke off the engagement but, determined to escape, looked for someone more pliable.
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