before marriage
1 [C] ~ (to sb) an agreement to marry sb; the period during which two people are engaged:
Their engagement was announced in the local paper. * She has broken off her engagement to Charles. * an engagement party * a long / short engagement
arrangement to do sth
2 [C] an arrangement to do sth at a particular time, especially sth official or sth connected with your job:
an engagement book / diary * He has a number of social engagements next week. * It was her first official engagement. * I had to refuse because of a prior engagement.
fighting
3 [C,U] (technical) fighting between two armies, etc:
The general tried to avoid an engagement with the enemy.
being involved
4 [U] ~ (with sb/sth) (formal) being involved with sb/sth in an attempt to understand them/it:
Her views are based on years of engagement with the problems of the inner city.
employment
5 [U,C] (BrE) an arrangement to employ sb; the process of employing sb:
The terms of engagement are to be agreed in writing.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of engagement come from?
This entry for engagement is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is engagement a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, engagement is tagged as noun.
Does engagement appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — engagement appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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