If you engage in espionage for a foreign power, you are selling your country down the river.
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Engage
//ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "engage" (232 found)
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Closest matches (47)
Strong matches (69)
clash withcoactcombatcommitcompactconcerncontractcontract an engagementcontract forcooperatecovenantdeal withdecidedeterminedevotedisposedivertdo a dealdo battledovetail
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drawdraw inembark onembarrassemployenchantengage inengage in battleengage the attentionengage the mindengage the thoughtsengrossengross the mindengross the thoughtsenlistenmeshentangleenter intoenthrallessayexercisefacefascinatefetchfightgetget to dogive battlego bail forgrabgrapple withgripguaranteehave an understandingholdhold spellboundhold the interesthypnotizeimbueimmerse
Related words (116)
implicateinclineindentureinduceinfluenceinteractinterchangeinterestinterest ininterlaceinterlockintermeshinterplayintertwineinterweaveinterworkinviteinvolveinvolve the interestjoin battle
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join battle withjoin issueleadleaselift a fingerlineluremake a dealmake an attemptmake an effortmeetmeshmesmerizemind the storemonopolizemortiseobligateobsessoccupyoccupy the attentionofferorderpartake inparticipate inpasspass the timeplaypledgeplightpreengagepreoccupyprepossessprocurepromisepromptprosecutepublish the bannsput onrecruitrentreserveretainsecureshake hands onsignsign onsign upsign up forsoakspellbindspendspend the timestipulatestrikesuck insuck intosummonswaytake into employmenttake ontake part intake the vowstake uptangletantalizeteasetempttickletietie uptitillatetrothtrytry conclusionsundertakeuseventureventure onventure uponwarwhet the appetite
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More general
15 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesderived
10 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesmanner of
5 entriesrelated to
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
Translations
97 translations across 22 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- նշանել verb (to bind through legal or moral obligation)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ангажирам verb (to engross or hold the attention of someone)
- задължавам verb (to bind through legal or moral obligation)
- зацепвам verb (to mesh or interlock)
- наемам verb (to employ or obtain the services of someone)
Catalan
3 entries- atreure verb (to attract, to please)
- atreure l'atenció verb (to engross or hold the attention of someone)
- cridar l'atenció verb (to engross or hold the attention of someone)
Czech
1 entries- napadnout verb (to enter into conflict with an enemy)
Danish
2 entries- angribe verb (to enter into conflict with an enemy)
- imødegå verb (to enter into conflict with an enemy)
Dutch
1 entries- verloven verb (to bind through legal or moral obligation)
Esperanto
1 entries- engaĝi verb (to employ or obtain the services of someone)
Finnish
4 entries- hyökätä verb (to enter into conflict with an enemy)
- joutua taisteluun verb (intransitive: to enter into battle)
- kiehtoa verb (to attract, to please)
- käyttää verb (to mesh or interlock)
French
4 entries- attirer l'attention verb (to engross or hold the attention of someone)
- embrayer verb (to mesh or interlock)
- engager verb (intransitive: to enter into battle)
- engager verb (to employ or obtain the services of someone)
German
4 entries- angreifen verb (to enter into conflict with an enemy)
- anlegen verb (to enter into conflict with an enemy)
- anstellen verb (to draw into conversation)
- beschäftigen verb (to engross or hold the attention of someone)
Hungarian
2 entries- harcba bocsátkozik verb (intransitive: to enter into battle)
- leköt verb (to engross or hold the attention of someone)
Ido
1 entries- engajar verb (to employ or obtain the services of someone)
Italian
4 entries- assicurare verb (to guarantee or promise to do something)
- attirare verb (to engross or hold the attention of someone)
- attirare verb (to attract, to please)
- convergere verb (to engross or hold the attention of someone)
Latin
1 entries- fruor verb (to attract, to please)
Polish
4 entries- angażować verb (to engross or hold the attention of someone)
- angażować verb (to draw into conversation)
- angażować verb (to attract, to please)
- zaangażować verb (to engross or hold the attention of someone)
Portuguese
3 entries- comprometer-se verb (to guarantee or promise to do something)
- contratar verb (to employ or obtain the services of someone)
- engajar verb (to bind through legal or moral obligation)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fastaidh verb (to employ or obtain the services of someone)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- angažirati verb (to engross or hold the attention of someone)
- angažirati verb (to employ or obtain the services of someone)
- uplesti verb (to mesh or interlock)
- upustiti se verb (to enter into conflict with an enemy)
Spanish
4 entries- acoplar verb (to mesh or interlock)
- embragar verb (to mesh or interlock)
- encastrar verb (to mesh or interlock)
- enclochar verb (to mesh or interlock)
Swedish
3 entries- engagera verb (to engross or hold the attention of someone)
- förlova verb (to bind through legal or moral obligation)
- spänna verb (to tense one's muscles such as the core)
Thai
1 entries- หมั้น verb (to bind through legal or moral obligation)
Ukrainian
2 entries- заді́ювати verb (to employ or obtain the services of someone)
- найма́ти verb (to employ or obtain the services of someone)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
I have no time to engage in gossip.
Source: tatoeba (26633)
Others engage in volunteer work.
Source: tatoeba (33124)
I have no time to engage in political activity.
Source: tatoeba (249936)
Showing 4 of 23 available sentences.
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