engaged

Definition of engaged in English English dictionary: Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls it; Busy or employed; Simple past tense and past participle of engage; in contact and in operation; attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway; Agreed to be married; Involved; esp; When two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry each other. We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday; involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"; (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"; If a public toilet is engaged, it is already being used by someone else; past of engage; Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed; Occupied; employed; busy; Someone who is engaged in or engaged on a particular activity is doing that thing. They found the three engaged in target practice. the various projects he was engaged on; involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight; Actively fighting one or more opponents in melee combat (Held, unconscious, or otherwise immobilized characters are not considered engaged unless they are actually being attacked ); involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight; If a telephone or a telephone line is engaged, it is already being used by someone else so that you are unable to speak to the person you are phoning. The line is engaged; having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"; Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest; built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns"; Having another call on a telephone; Of a column or pilaster: attached to a wall; pledged to be married; "the engaged couple"; reserved in advance; (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"; {s} betrothed; busy (about a telephone line); occupied, involved; having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation" built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns" having services contracted for; "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick" (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors" involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight; having services contracted for; "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"
engaged tone: An audible signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection; a busy signal
engaged in: occupied with; got into, got involved with
engaged tone: (British) busy signal (on the telephone)
engage: To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in)
engage: To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive)
They were engaged last month! They're planning to have the wedding next year.
engage: To engross or hold the attention of (someone); to keep busy or occupied
engage: To guarantee or promise (to do something)
engage: To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land)
Thou that doest liue in later times, must wage / Thy workes for wealth, and life for gold engage.
engage: To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch)
Whenever I engage the clutch, the car stalls out.
engage: To draw into conversation
engage: To attract, to please; to fascinate or win over (someone)
engage: To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc)
engage: {f} keep busy, occupy; employ; attract; commit, bind (to fulfill an obligation); enter into a fight
engage: get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged" keep engaged; "engaged the gears" as of aid, help, services, or support as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe" ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer
engage: To enter into battle
engage: To attract, to draw into conversation
engage: keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
engage: engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"
engage: To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch.)
engage: If something engages you or your attention or interest, it keeps you interested in it and thinking about it. They never learned skills to engage the attention of the others
engage: engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
engage: [1] to come into contact and be locked together (with another part)
engage: To make contact blade-to-blade
engage: When a military force engages the enemy, it attacks them and starts a battle. It could engage the enemy beyond the range of hostile torpedoes. see also engaged, engaging
engage: A controller being able to share data and facilities in asaid to be engaged in the collaboration area, and the collaborationto engage the controller
engage: To employ or obtain the services of someone
engage: ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer"
engage: To bring the enemy under fire
engage: To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant
engage: To engross or hold the attention of someone
engage: carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"
engage: To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle
engage: To enter into conflict with (an enemy)
engage: To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together
engage: If you engage someone in conversation, you have a conversation with them. They tried to engage him in conversation
engage: To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy
engage: To bring together or prepare before fighting
engage: in air defense, a fire control order used to direct
engage: as of aid, help, services, or support as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
engage: as of aid, help, services, or support
engage: give to in marriage
engage: To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on
engage: To fascinate or win over someone
engage: To keep busy or occupied
engage: If you engage in an activity, you do it or are actively involved with it. I have never engaged in the drug trade
engage: as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
engage: get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged"
engage: To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw
engage: To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to enlist; as, to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage men for service
engage: To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part
engage: ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer
engage: To pledge, to put something at risk or on the line
engage: – At this step, Associations are starting to use technology to build relationships Rather than simply communicating, community is being developed and a true sense of belonging You’re taking the web to the next level and developing a truly individualized member experience Members are able to get the information their looking for more quickly The Association is able to get to know the member better Dividends are paid in member satisfaction, more likely renewals, and more interaction with the organization
engage: To guarantee or promise (to do something.)
engage: To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict
engage: If you engage someone to do a particular job, you appoint them to do it. We engaged the services of a recognised engineer
engage: If you engage with something or with a group of people, you get involved with that thing or group and feel that you are connected with it or have real contact with it. She found it hard to engage with office life + engagement en·gage·ment And she, too, suffers from a lack of critical engagement with the literary texts
engage: To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise
engage: engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
engage: When a part of a machine or other mechanism engages or when you engage it, it moves into a position where it fits into something else. Press the lever until you hear the catch engage. a lesson in how to engage the four-wheel drive
engage: In air defense, a fire control order used to direct or authorize units and/or weapon systems to fire on a designated target
engage: To enter into (an activity), to participate (+ in.)
engagé: {s} (French) committed to a specific cause from a moral point of view; committed to an ideology
get engaged: get betrothed; get pledged to marry
mujahidun those engaged in jihad: Arabic mujhidn ("those engaged in jihad") In its broadest sense, those Muslims who proclaim themselves warriors for the faith. Its Arabic singular, mujhid, was not an uncommon personal name from the early Islamic period onward. However, the term did not gain popular currency as a collective or plural noun referring to "holy warriors" until the 18th century in India, where it became associated with Muslim revivalism. In the 20th century the term was used most commonly in Iran and Afghanistan. In Iran the Mojhedin-e Khalq ("Mujahideen of the People"), a group combining Islamic and Marxist ideologies, engaged in a long-term guerrilla war against the leadership of the Islamic republic. The name was most closely associated, however, with members of a number of guerrilla groups operating in Afghanistan that opposed invading Soviet forces and eventually toppled the Afghan communist government during the Afghan War (1979-92). Rival factions thereafter fell out among themselves precipitating the rise of one faction, the Taliban. Like the term jihad to which it is lexicographically connected the name has been used rather freely, both in the press and by Islamic militants themselves, and often has been used to refer to any Muslim groups engaged in hostilities with non-Muslims or even with secularized Muslim regimes