What does engaged mean?
Definitions for engaged
ɛnˈgeɪdʒden·gaged
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word engaged.
Princeton's WordNet
engaged, occupiedadjective
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
"she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"
engagedadjective
involved in military hostilities
"the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"
booked, engaged, set-aside(p)adjective
reserved in advance
busy, engaged, in use(p)adjective
(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"
engaged, meshed, intermeshedadjective
(used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
"the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"
engagedadjective
having services contracted for
"the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"
engagedadjective
built against or attached to a wall
"engaged columns"
Wiktionary
engagedadjective
Agreed to be married.
engagedadjective
Busy or employed.
engagedadjective
Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls it
engagedadjective
attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
engagedadjective
in contact and in operation
Wikipedia
engaged
An engagement or betrothal is the period of time between the declaration of acceptance of a marriage proposal and the marriage itself (which is typically but not always commenced with a wedding). During this period, a couple is said to be fiancés (from the French), betrothed, intended, affianced, engaged to be married, or simply engaged. Future brides and grooms may be called fiancée (feminine) or fiancé (masculine), the betrothed, a wife-to-be or husband-to-be, respectively. The duration of the courtship varies vastly, and is largely dependent on cultural norms or upon the agreement of the parties involved. Long engagements were once common in formal arranged marriages, and it was not uncommon for parents betrothing children to arrange marriages many years before the engaged couple were old enough. This is still done in some countries. Many traditional Christian denominations have optional rites for Christian betrothal (also known as 'blessing an engaged couple' or 'declaration of intention') that bless and ratify the intent of a couple to marry before God and the Church.
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engaged
Engaged generally refers to being occupied, busy, or involved in some form of activity. It can also specifically refer to having formally agreed to marry, as when two people are engaged to be married. Additionally, in a mechanical context, it can refer to interlocking or causing to interlock, such as gears or components of a machine.
Webster Dictionary
Engaged
of Engage
Engagedadjective
occupied; employed; busy
Engagedadjective
pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed
Engagedadjective
greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest
Engagedadjective
involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight
Wikidata
Engaged
Engaged is a three-act farcical comic play by W. S. Gilbert. It premiered at the Haymarket Theatre on 3 October 1877, the same year as The Sorcerer, one of Gilbert's comic operas written with Arthur Sullivan, which was soon followed by the collaborators' great success in H.M.S. Pinafore. Engaged was well received on the London stage and then in New York City, where the first production of the play opened in February 1879. The work then enjoyed many revivals on both sides of the Atlantic and continues to be produced today. Engaged has been W. S. Gilbert's most popular stage work aside from the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas. A New York Times review of an 1886 production of Engaged noted that "the laughter was almost incessant." Makers wrote: "Engaged [is] unquestionably the finest and funniest English comedy between Bulwer-Lytton's Money and Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, which it directly inspired". Engaged may also have inspired George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man and Alan Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests.
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Rank popularity for the word 'engaged' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3576
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of engaged in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of engaged in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of engaged in a Sentence
President Donald Trump's standing in the polls is not in a great place, so, President Donald Trump paths to victory might involve efforts to depress turnout and to question the validity of results, if it comes to that. The President and The President campaign have engaged in The Trump campaign.
They want to be involved, they want to be engaged and they want to be part of a movement or perhaps start one themselves.
District Judge Amy Berman Jackson:
The review of the document reveals that the Attorney General was not then engaged in making a decision about whether the President should be charged with obstruction of justice; the fact that he would not be prosecuted was a given.
We have engaged with an adviser, who has begun to communicate with bondholders.
As the dust settles and the truth comes out, it's become totally clear that the only people who engaged in wrongdoing are the criminals behind this fraud, and we're glad they're being held accountable.
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- مخطوب, مخطوبة, خطبArabic
- сгоден, заетBulgarian
- zasnoubenýCzech
- forlovet, optagetDanish
- besetzt, verlobtGerman
- ocupado, comunicado, comprometidoSpanish
- varattu, kihloissa, kihloihinFinnish
- fiancé, engagé, fiancéeFrench
- מאורסHebrew
- fidanzata, impegnato, fidanzato, impegnataItalian
- 使用中, 婚約Japanese
- occupatosLatin
- bezet, in gesprek, verloofdDutch
- forlovetNorwegian
- narzeczony, narzeczonaPolish
- noivo, ocupado, contratadoPortuguese
- занятый, помолвленная, обручённый, обручённая, помолвленныйRussian
- förlovad, upptagenSwedish
- nişanlı, sözlü, meşgulTurkish
- 訂婚Chinese
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