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Meaning engaged meaning

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engaged Adjective

— If you are engaged in something, you are interested in it. Americans are very engaged in this year's elections. — If you are engaged in something, you do it. He has recently become actively engaged in trying to find a cure for the disease. — If two people are engaged, they have promised to marry each other. They've been dating for two years but just became engaged last week. — If the telephone is engaged, it is being used. I tried calling, but their line is engaged.

engaged

— adjective (= occupied) having ones attention or mind or energy engaged she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities deeply engaged in conversation — adjective involved in military hostilities the desperately engaged ships continued the fight — adjective having services contracted for the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick — adjective (= meshed, intermeshed) (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting the gears are engaged meshed gears intermeshed twin rotors — adjective built against or attached to a wall engaged columns — adjective (= busy, in use) (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; ('engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line) her line is busy receptionists' telephones are always engaged the lavatory is in use kept getting a busy signal — adjective (= booked) reserved in advance

Synonyms engaged synonyms

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engaged English » English

busy occupied engrossed betrothed employed booked reserved absorbed set-aside intermeshed in use preoccupied meshed involved hired bound become engaged working windy unmovable undertaking undatable tied up stipendiary solid set ringed real ready rapt promised paid online on-line nonvacant make-busy immersed hectic having undertaken frozen fixed firm engaged line devoted dedicated cramped coupled connected congestion concrete

Topics engaged topics

What do people use engaged to talk about?

Person Life Marriage

Arrange a marriage

What words refer to formally agreeing to get married?

get engaged engagement set a date
What words refer to the state of being engaged to be married?

engaged engagement betrothed betrothal espoused promised
What words refer to the people who are engaged to be married?

fiancé fiancée engaged couple bride-to-be husband-to-be

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