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engagement
Found in thesaurus: military action, action, meeting, get together, promise, employment, work, impinging, striking, contact, group action
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engagement
n.
commitment, obligation; betrothal, promise to marry; period of employment; battle, fight; (Obstetrics) entrance of the fetal head or lowermost part of the fetus drops and descends into the pelvic canal
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Engagement
An engagement, betrothal, or fiancer is a promise to wed, and also the period of time between a marriage proposal and a marriage. During this period, a couple is said to be betrothed, "intended", affianced, engaged to be married, or simply engaged. Future brides and grooms may be called the betrothed, a wife-to-be or husband-to-be, fiancée or fiancé, respectively (from the French word ). The duration of the courtship varies vastly, and is largely dependent on cultural norms or upon the agreement of the parties involved.
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engagement
Noun
1. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
(synonym) battle, conflict, fight
(hypernym) military action, action
(hyponym) Armageddon
(part-holonym) war, warfare
(derivation) engage, wage
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
2. a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"
(synonym) date, appointment
(hypernym) meeting, get together
(hyponym) blind date
(member-meronym) date, escort
3. a mutual promise to marry
(synonym) betrothal, troth
(hypernym) promise
(hyponym) ringing
(derivation) betroth, engage, affiance, plight
4. the act of giving someone a job
(synonym) employment
(hypernym) action
(hyponym) shape-up
(derivation) hire, engage, employ
5. employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer"
(synonym) booking
(hypernym) employment, work
(hyponym) gig
6. contact by fitting together; "the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears"
(synonym) mesh, meshing, interlocking
(hypernym) contact, impinging, striking
(derivation) engage, mesh, lock, operate
7. the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"
(synonym) participation, involvement, involution
(antonym) non-engagement, nonparticipation, non-involvement
(hypernym) group action
(hyponym) commitment
(derivation) prosecute, engage, pursue
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Engagement (das)
n.
commitment, obligation, promise
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engagement
nm.
engagement, commitment, involvement, pledge, connection, connexion, committing, joining, obligation, undertaking, recognizance, bond, adherence, cultivation, entrusting, plight, binding, covenant
