"engagement" in the noun sense
1. battle, conflict, fight, engagement
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"
2. date, appointment, engagement
a meeting arranged in advance
"she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"
3. betrothal, troth, engagement
a mutual promise to marry
4. employment, engagement
the act of giving someone a job
5. engagement, booking
employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
"the play had bookings throughout the summer"
6. engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking
contact by fitting together
"the engagement of the clutch"
"the meshing of gears"
7. engagement, participation, involvement, involution
the act of sharing in the activities of a group
"the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"
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