ENGAGED
\ɛnɡˈe͡ɪd͡ʒd], \ɛnɡˈeɪdʒd], \ɛ_n_ɡ_ˈeɪ_dʒ_d]\
Definitions of ENGAGED
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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(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"
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(used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"
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involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"
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built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns"
By Princeton University
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(architecture) built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns"
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(used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"
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involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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of Engage
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Occupied; employed; busy.
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Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.
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Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.
By Oddity Software
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of Engage
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Occupied; employed; busy.
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Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.
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Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
