engage

engage: [[t]ɪnge͟ɪʤ[/t]]
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engages, engaging, engaged

1) VERB If you engage in an activity, you do it or are actively involved with it. [FORMAL]

[V in n] I have never engaged in the drug trade...

[V in n] You can engage in croquet on the south lawn.

2) VERB If something engages you or your attention or interest, it keeps you interested in it and thinking about it.

[V n] They never learned skills to engage the attention of the others.

3) VERB If you engage someone in conversation, you have a conversation with them.

[V n in n] They tried to engage him in conversation...

[V n in n] We want to engage recognized leaders in discussion.

4) VERB If you engage with something or with a group of people, you get involved with that thing or group and feel that you are connected with it or have real contact with it.

[V with n] She found it hard to engage with office life...

[V with n] She had vowed to go out of her way to engage with the Irish people at local community level.

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engagement N-UNCOUNT usu N with n
And she, too, suffers from a lack of critical engagement with the literary texts.

5) VERB If you engage someone to do a particular job, you appoint them to do it. [FORMAL]

[V n] We engaged the services of a recognised engineer...

[V n] He had been able to engage some staff.

6) V-ERG When a part of a machine or other mechanism engages or when you engage it, it moves into a position where it fits into something else.

Press the lever until you hear the catch engage.

[V n] ...a lesson in how to engage the four-wheel drive.

7) VERB When a military force engages the enemy, it attacks them and starts a battle.

[V n] It could engage the enemy beyond the range of hostile torpedoes.

8) → See also , engaging

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engagé — engagé, ée [ ɑ̃gaʒe ] adj. • XVIe; de engager 1 ♦ Archit. Partiellement intégré dans un mur ou un pilier. Colonne engagée. 2 ♦ Qui s est engagé dans l armée (opposé à appelé). Des soldats engagés. Subst. Les engagés et les appelés. « Engagé… … Encyclopédie Universelle
engagé — engagé, ée (an ga jé, jée) part. passé. 1° Mis en gage. Des effets engagés au mont de piété. Domaine engagé, domaine que le souverain concède avec la faculté d y rentrer en remboursant le prix ; ainsi dit parce que, sous l ancienne monarchie … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
engage — [en gāj′, ingāj′] vt. engaged, engaging [ME engagen < OFr engagier: see EN 1 & GAGE1] 1. Obs. to give or assign as security for a debt, etc. 2. to bind (oneself) by a promise; pledge; specif. (now only in the passive), to bind by a promise of… … English World dictionary
engage — en‧gage [ɪnˈgeɪdʒ] verb [transitive] formal to arrange to employ someone or to pay someone to do something for you: engage somebody to do something • You will need to engage a commercial lawyer to protect your interests in the drafting of a… … Financial and business terms
Engage — En*gage , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Engaging}.] [F. engager; pref. en (L. in) + gage pledge, pawn. See {Gage}.] 1. To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
engage — I (hire) verb appoint, arrange for the services of, arrange for the use of, bind, book, charter, commission, conducere, contract for, employ, enlist, enlist in one s service, fill a position, give a job to, give a situation to, give employment to … Law dictionary
engage — [v1] hire for job, use appoint, bespeak, book, bring on board*, charter, come on board*, commission, contract, employ, enlist, enroll, ink*, lease, place, prearrange, put on, rent, reserve, retain, secure, sign on, sign up, take on, truck with*;… … New thesaurus
Engage — may refer to:* Engagement in preparation for marriage* Engage (organization), a UK based political organization * Engage (visual arts), the UK National Association for Gallery Education [http://www.engage.org] * N Gage, a smartphone and handheld… … Wikipedia
Engage — En*gage , v. i. 1. To promise or pledge one s self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant. [1913 Webster] How proper the remedy for the malady, I engage not. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. To embark in a business; to take a part; to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
engage in — I verb accept, apply oneself to, assume, be occupied with, carry on, commence, commit to, concern oneself with, conduct, contract, devote oneself to, embark on, employ, endeavor, execute, exercise, follow, labor, manage, operate, participate, ply … Law dictionary
engage — ► VERB 1) attract or involve (someone s interest or attention). 2) (engage in/with) participate or become involved in. 3) chiefly Brit. employ or hire. 4) enter into a contract to do. 5) enter into combat with. 6) (with reference to a part of a… … English terms dictionary

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