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engage English

Meaning engage meaning

What does engage mean?
Definitions in simple English

engage Verb

— If you engage in an activity, you do it. My broken foot left me with few athletic activities that I could engage in. Most of the men did not engage in casual sex. Both employees engaged in behavior that didn't belong in the workplace. Should United States forces engage in fighting in these situations? — If you engage somebody, you get and keep their attention. Teachers are always thinking of ways to engage students. — If you engage somebody, you hire them. — If you engage a part of a machine, you make it contact another part so that they both move. He reaches up and throws a red-handled lever to engage the black iron gears. — If an army engages an enemy, they start fighting.

engage

— verb (= pursue) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in She pursued many activities They engaged in a discussion — verb (= absorb) consume all of one's attention or time Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely — verb (= hire, employ) engage or hire for work They hired two new secretaries in the department How many people has she employed? — verb ask to represent; of legal counsel I'm retaining a lawyer — verb get caught make sure the gear is engaged — verb (= betroth) give to in marriage — verb keep engaged engaged the gears — verb (= wage) carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns) Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe — verb hire for work or assistance engage aid, help, services, or support — verb (= rent, take) engage for service under a term of contract We took an apartment on a quiet street Let's rent a car Shall we take a guide in Rome?

Synonyms engage synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as engage?

engage English » English

hire employ betroth occupy involve take rent mesh engross take on plight lease interlock contract absorb wage recruit prosecute promise operate match lock embroil concern charter affiance venture undertake turn on switch on start reserve pursue ply invite hold fight enlist compromise carry book bind attract attack appoint agree activate work vow utilize

Topics engage topics

What do people use engage to talk about?
Social behavior Behavior Do good to Cooperate with

Compete with
Social behavior Conflict

Fight
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Sports
Grammar General words

Do

Conjugation engage conjugation

How do you conjugate engage?

engage · verb

Examples engage examples

How do I use engage in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I have no time to engage in gossip.
Others engage in volunteer work.
He says that he must engage in exercise for the sake of his health, but he overdoes it to such a degree that it seems he is ready to die for his health.
The human brain can't help but engage with a question that it is confronted with.
I have no time to engage in political activity.
She wants to engage in teaching.

Movie subtitles

But you didn't engage me, sir.
Who did engage you then, if Ididn't?
That's very nice of Mrs. Smith to engage me a valet.
To engage in a brawl, a cheap common brawl in my own home.
But why did you engage me, what do you need me for?
If you're not back, it will be necessary to engage someone else.
What I should do. Engage a special train.
But I'd rather do that than engage in futile arguments.
When the girl comes down here, you engage her in conversation.
You engage them, rake and scuttle them.
Right, engage her.
My department authorised me to engage you to do some work in Brazil.
You will engage servants for them. and you will both look after them until they care to look after themselves.
I'll engage the boy's lawyers.
Once airborne, engage stealth mode.
What do I engage you for?
For some reason, the artists I engage don't last very long.
Who did engage you, then?
That's very nice of Mrs Smith to engage me a valet.
To engage in a cheap, common brawl in my own home.
I in fact managed to engage a star directly from the Adelphi Theater. 'Directly' may be a bit exaggerated.
Engage them.
In order for our expedition to be successful our leaders had to engage in difficult negotiations with the rulers and dignitaries.
I asked Sr. Peabody to engage him To mend the waterspouts.
I am surprised to see the countess engage in such a frivolous undertaking.
I engage you.
For when on active service on the 12th day of April, 1941 he, when a flying officer in the vicinity of Number 4 bombing target did engage in unauthorized low flying.
We need someone to replace Marambot and I'd like to engage my friend.
Mlle was wrong to engage you.
Do not Krygier will engage in?
If we engage Lucullus. Pompey will have enough time to march against our rear.
You see, Miss Giddens, the person whom I engage must solemnly promise to accept full and complete responsibility.
Engage primary trigger switch override.
Engage emergency power.
We should live, and not engage in idle talk.
Now, by yond marble heaven in the due reverence of a sacred vow, I here engage my words.
Engage.
If you intend to continue engage in swimming then perhaps I can offer you something better than pool.

News and current affairs

Now is the time to start thinking about how to engage all nations, including large emitters, in conversations about what to do after the treaty's expiration in 2012.
Given this ambiguity, there remains time for Europe to engage the US in a serious discussion of the options for dealing with Saddam.
The Bush administration proclaimed a national security policy that insists that America provides the only sustainable model for national success, and asserted its right to engage in unilateral, preemptive military strikes.
If the US gives negotiations one more serious try (a credible offer and a genuine willingness to engage), gets rebuffed, and then does nothing, it will effectively declare itself a paper tiger.
International and national partners must radically change the way they engage such states.
It enshrines what matters most in building peaceful states and societies: commitments - the Peace- and State-building Goals - to improve how national and international partners engage in conflict-affected and fragile contexts.
Many emerging markets will also want to engage in countercyclical macroeconomic policy, but they are hemmed in by concerns of fiscal sustainability and fear of rampant inflation.
The Panel will also take advantage of extensive online and offline efforts to engage with people worldwide and gain insight into the future that they envision.
From now on, US diplomatic relations with other countries will engage directly with their people and connect them to the American people as much as possible.
By that time it was too late, as the leadership in both the US and Israel had changed and there was no interest to engage him.
He was unable to re-engage his Israeli adversaries or control his suicide-bound Palestinian militants.
The goal is for Myanmar's Government to release all detained students and demonstrators, engage with the opposition, move toward a more democratic society, and rejoin the international community.
He (or she) will have to stay in Iraq, engage in the Israel-Palestine conflict on the side of Israel, confront a tougher Russia, deal with an ever more ambitious China, and face the challenge of global warming.
The main criticism against him was that he failed to engage with practicing biologists.
Recently, South Korea's government made it clear that it would continue to engage North Korea, but in a more principled way than had previous administrations.
Markets noticed that the euro seemed caught between a rock (the EFSF's limited borrowing capacity) and a hard place (the European Central Bank's great reluctance to engage in large-scale purchases of financially troubled governments' bonds).
This is an atmosphere in which unhealthy balance sheets come under even greater pressure, and healthy investors refuse to engage.
For starters, to avoid the kind of obstructionism that prevailed in the last eight years, the next president must engage Congress directly and actively.
Only this approach can secure the mandate from the public that the next US president will need to engage effectively with other world leaders.
In their private lives, Americans have become addicted to consumerism, which drains their time, savings, attention, and inclination to engage in acts of collective compassion.
Similarly, the West should find ways to re-engage with Iranian society, a major obstacle to which is the absence of diplomatic relations between the United States and Iran.
Fortunately, it has also become an annual forum for US, Chinese, Japanese, and other leaders to engage with one another on critical questions of long-term strategic stability.

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