engagement
See also: Engagement
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French engagement.
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engagement (countable and uncountable, plural engagements)
- (countable) An appointment, especially to speak or perform.
- The lecturer has three speaking engagements this week.
- (uncountable) Connection or attachment.
- Check the gears for full engagement before turning the handle.
- (uncountable, by extension, about human emotional state) The feeling of being compelled, drawn in, connected to what is happening, interested in what will happen next.[1]
- (countable, uncountable) The period of time when marriage is planned or promised.
- We are enjoying a long engagement, but haven't yet set a date.
- (countable, uncountable) In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities.
- The engagement resulted in many casualties.
- (fencing, countable) The point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades, or to make an effective attack during an encounter.
- After engagement it quickly became clear which of the fencers was going to prevail.
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appointment
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connection or attachment
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feeling (about human emotional state)
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period of time when marriage is planned or promised
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instance of active hostilities
in fencing
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
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NounEdit
engagement m (plural engagements)
Further readingEdit
- “engagement” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
