engaging
Use Engaging in a sentence
dʒɪŋ adjective
winning; attractive; pleasing: an engaging smile.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to occupy the attention or efforts of (a person or persons): He engaged her in conversation.
2.
to secure for aid, employment, use, etc.; hire: to engage a worker; to engage a room.
3.
to attract and hold fast: The novel engaged her attention and interest.
4.
to attract or please: His good nature engages everyone.
5.
to bind, as by pledge, promise, contract, or oath; make liable: He engaged himself to repay his debt within a month.
6.
to betroth (usually used in the passive): They were engaged last week.
7.
to bring (troops) into conflict; enter into conflict with: Our army engaged the enemy.
8.
Mechanics. to cause (gears or the like) to become interlocked; interlock with.
9.
to attach or secure.
10.
Obsolete. to entangle or involve.
verb (used without object)
11.
to occupy oneself; become involved: to engage in business or politics.
12.
to take employment: She engaged in her mother's business.
13.
to pledge one's word; assume an obligation: I was unwilling to engage on such terms.
14.
to cross weapons; enter into conflict: The armies engaged early in the morning.
15.
Mechanics. (of gears or the like) to interlock.
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engage (ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to secure the services of; employ |
| 2. | to secure for use; reserve: engage a room |
| 3. | to involve (a person or his attention) intensely; engross; occupy |
| 4. | to attract (the affection) of (a person): her innocence engaged him |
| 5. | to draw (somebody) into conversation |
| 6. | (intr) to take part; participate: he engages in many sports |
| 7. | to promise (to do something) |
| 8. | (also intr) military to begin an action with (an enemy) |
| 9. | to bring (a mechanism) into operation: he engaged the clutch |
| 10. | (also intr) to undergo or cause to undergo interlocking, as of the components of a driving mechanism, such as a gear train |
| 11. | machinery to locate (a locking device) in its operative position or to advance (a tool) into a workpiece to commence cutting |
| [C15: from Old French engagier, from | |
| en'gager | |
| —n | |
| engagé (ɑ̃ɡaʒe) | |
| —adj | |
| (of a writer or artist, esp a man) morally or politically committed to some ideology | |
| engaging (ɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ) | |
| —adj | |
| pleasing, charming, or winning | |
| en'gagingly | |
| —adv | |
| en'gagingness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
engage
early 15c., from M.Fr. engagier, from O.Fr. en gage "under pledge," from en "make" + gage "pledge," through Frankish from P.Gmc. *wadiare "pledge" (showing the common evolution of Gmc. -w- to Fr. -g-; cf. Guillaume from Wilhelm). Specific sense of "promise to marry" first recorded 1727. Related: Engaged.
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Example sentences
Greg has created not only a scientific tool, but also a major collaborative research program engaging scientists worldwide.
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Engaging and humorous, it's a view of the animal kingdom that the whole family can enjoy together.
Promoting the value and importance of service on campus and reducing barriers that inhibit students from engaging in service.
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