Engagement

//ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ.mənt//

Synonyms for "engagement" (237 found)

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Related words (118)

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11 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

7 entries

Related terms

3 entries

causes desire

2 entries

derived

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derived from

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has context

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is a

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related to

44 entries

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Translations

103 translations across 38 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • خُطُوبَة noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
  • خِطْبَة noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • arãvoanã noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
  • isozmã noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • ангажимент noun (appointment)
  • годеж noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
  • сраже́ние noun (instance of active hostilities)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 婚約 /婚约 noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
  • 訂婚 /订婚 noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Czech

1 entries
  • zasnoubení noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Danish

1 entries
  • forlovelse noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Dutch

1 entries
  • verloving noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • fianĉiĝo noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
  • rendevuo noun (appointment)

Finnish

4 entries
  • esiintyminen noun (appointment)
  • kihlaus noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
  • kihlausaika noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
  • kytkentä noun (connection or attachment)

French

1 entries
  • fiançailles noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

German

4 entries
  • Bindung noun (connection or attachment)
  • Gefecht noun (instance of active hostilities)
  • Verlobung noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
  • Verlöbnis noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍆𐍄𐍃 noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Greek

2 entries
  • αρραβώνας noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
  • μνηστεία noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אֵרוּסִין noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
  • אירוסים noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Hindi

2 entries
  • मँगनी noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
  • सगाई noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • eljegyzés noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • keterlibatan noun (feeling (about human emotional state))
  • kontak noun (instance of active hostilities)
  • pertunangan noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Irish

2 entries
  • comhrac noun (instance of active hostilities)
  • gealltanas pósta noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Italian

4 entries
  • adesione noun (feeling (about human emotional state))
  • connessione noun (connection or attachment)
  • fidanzamento noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
  • impegno noun (appointment)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 婚約 noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Korean

2 entries
  • 약혼 noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
  • 혼약 noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Latin

1 entries
  • sponsālia noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Malay

1 entries
  • pertunangan noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • forlovelse noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
  • trefning noun (instance of active hostilities)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • صاواش noun (instance of active hostilities)

Polish

1 entries
  • zaręczyny noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • combate noun (instance of active hostilities)
  • compromisso noun (appointment)
  • noivado noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Romanian

3 entries
  • angajament noun (appointment)
  • logodire noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
  • logodnă noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Russian

4 entries
  • ангажеме́нт noun (appointment)
  • бой noun (instance of active hostilities)
  • вовлечённость noun (feeling (about human emotional state))
  • зацепле́ние noun (connection or attachment)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • vèridba noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
  • zȃruke noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
  • вѐридба noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
  • за̑руке noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Spanish

4 entries
  • acopladura noun (connection or attachment)
  • acoplamiento noun (connection or attachment)
  • atención noun (feeling (about human emotional state))
  • compromiso noun (appointment)

Swahili

1 entries
  • uchumba noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Swedish

1 entries
  • förlovning noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • talimbuhol noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Turkish

1 entries
  • nişan noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ангажеме́нт noun (appointment)
  • бій noun (instance of active hostilities)
  • зару́чини noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
  • заче́плення noun (connection or attachment)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • hôn ước noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Welsh

2 entries
  • dyweddïad noun (connection or attachment)
  • dyweddïad noun (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

His father would never sanction his engagement to a girl who did not share the same religious beliefs as their family.

Source: tatoeba (1983)

The media got wind of a rumor about his engagement and came quickly.

Source: tatoeba (26634)

I'm sorry, I have another engagement.

Source: tatoeba (28664)

I congratulate you on your engagement.

Source: tatoeba (54466)

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