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Engaged
//ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒd// adj, verb
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Adjective
- 1 Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other. not-comparable
- 2 Busy or employed. not-comparable
"Dig if you will the picture / Of you and I engaged in a kiss / The sweat of your body covers me / Can you my darling / Can you picture this?"
- 3 Greatly interested. not-comparable
- 4 (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls. British, not-comparable
"I tried calling, but she (or her phone) was engaged."
- 5 attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway not-comparable
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- 6 in contact and in operation not-comparable
- 7 being attacked or attacking not-comparable
- 8 Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet. not-comparable
- 9 Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”). not-comparable
"Black and white women writers assumed their mantle as engaged writers, as cultural and political critics."
Adjective
- 1 pledged to be married wordnet
- 2 having ones attention or mind or energy engaged wordnet
- 3 built against or attached to a wall wordnet
- 4 having services contracted for wordnet
- 5 (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting wordnet
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- 6 involved in military hostilities wordnet
- 7 (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) wordnet
- 8 reserved in advance wordnet
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of engage form-of, participle, past
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