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engage
1[en-geyj]
verb (used with object)
to occupy the attention or efforts of (a person or persons).
He engaged her in conversation.
to secure for aid, employment, use, etc.; hire.
to engage a worker;
to engage a room.
Antonyms: dischargeto attract and hold fast.
The novel engaged her attention and interest.
to attract or please.
His good nature engages everyone.
to bind, as by pledge, promise, contract, or oath; make liable.
He engaged himself to repay his debt within a month.
to betroth (usually used in the passive).
They were engaged last week.
to bring (troops) into conflict; enter into conflict with.
Our army engaged the enemy.
Mechanics., to cause (gears or the like) to become interlocked; interlock with.
Antonyms: releaseto attach or secure.
Obsolete., to entangle or involve.
verb (used without object)
to occupy oneself; become involved.
to engage in business or politics.
to take employment.
She engaged in her mother's business.
to pledge one's word; assume an obligation.
I was unwilling to engage on such terms.
to cross weapons; enter into conflict.
The armies engaged early in the morning.
Mechanics., (of gears or the like) to interlock.
engagé
2[ah
adjective
choosing to involve oneself in or commit oneself to something.
Some of the political activists grew less engagé as the years passed.
engage
1/ ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ /
verb
to secure the services of; employ
to secure for use; reserve
engage a room
to involve (a person or his attention) intensely; engross; occupy
to attract (the affection) of (a person)
her innocence engaged him
to draw (somebody) into conversation
(intr) to take part; participate
he engages in many sports
to promise (to do something)
(also intr) military to begin an action with (an enemy)
to bring (a mechanism) into operation
he engaged the clutch
(also intr) to undergo or cause to undergo interlocking, as of the components of a driving mechanism, such as a gear train
machinery to locate (a locking device) in its operative position or to advance (a tool) into a workpiece to commence cutting
engagé
2/ ɑ̃ɡaʒe /
adjective
(of a writer or artist, esp a man) morally or politically committed to some ideology
Other Word Forms
- engager noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of engage1
Origin of engage2
Word History and Origins
Origin of engage1
Example Sentences
She said she had engaged lawyers in the UK and Bangladesh.
The Florida meeting was the latest step in weeks of intense "shuttle diplomacy" which saw Ukrainian and Russian delegations separately engage with US officials to discuss a peace plan.
Despite an initial refusal to engage in the conversation with a specialist nurse, his mother, Nadine, recalled how he had previously discussed organ donation while applying for a motorcycle licence.
Mr. Stoppard insisted, through his works, that theater could and should engage with ideas, with philosophy, with the vast knowledge amassed by writers and thinkers of many ages.
So the two “football meatheads or football nerds” who “think about the game in a very intricate way” could engage in shop talk.
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