Related Searches
on Ask.com
5 dictionary results for: engagement
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
en·gage·ment
[en-geyj-muh
nt] Pronunciation Key
[en-geyj-muh
nt] Pronunciation Key –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. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| en·gage·ment
(ěn-gāj'mənt) Pronunciation Key
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. |
(Download Now or Buy the Book)
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| engagement | |
noun | |
| 1. | a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" [syn: battle] |
| 2. | a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" [syn: date] |
| 3. | a mutual promise to marry [syn: betrothal] |
| 4. | the act of giving someone a job [syn: employment] |
| 5. | employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer" |
| 6. | contact by fitting together; "the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears" |
| 7. | the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities" [ant: non-engagement] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Copyright © 2008, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.











