engaged
en·gaged (en gājd′, in-)
adjective
- pledged; esp., pledged in marriage; betrothed an engaged couple
- not at leisure; occupied; employed; busy
- involved in combat, as troops
- voluntarily committed or personally involved
- attached to or partly set into a wall, etc. engaged columns
- in gear; interlocked; meshed
engaged
modif.
Promised in marriage
betrothed, affianced, bound, pledged, plighted, matched, intended, committed, hooked*, ringed*. * Not at liberty
In a profession, business, or the like
employed, practicing, performing, working at, dealing in, doing, interested, absorbed in, pursuing, at work, involved in, engaged with, connected with; see also employed.Antonyms
unemployed*, out of a job, without connection.
Converse of object
- get: Getting Engaged We have the etiquette lowdown on everything from popping the question to buying the rings and meeting your future in-laws!
Preposition: in
- learning: Quality of learning opportunities Learning and teaching Strength Engaged in self-directed learning, postgraduate students are fully immersed in the learning and teaching experience.
Modifies a noun
- Buddhism: Indeed, I believe there is a sequel, Engaged Buddhism In America about to appear shortly.
- Buddhist: Introduction In recent decades a movement of " engaged Buddhists " has begun to sweep the globe.
- tone: I was getting frantic with the monotonous engaged tone of the phone.
- citizen: Education for active citizenship aims to encourage people to be active and engaged citizens.
- learner: Perhaps more importantly, all of the students are active, engaged learners in music: and they enjoy it.
- couple: By Paul Michael, The Marriage Toolbox Magazine How do engaged couples see marriage?
Modifying Another Word
- socially: Last year I was involved in a series of Symposia exploring Socially Engaged practice what was also called Art in Social Context.
Noun used with modifier
- a.m.: Marched at 5 a.m. Engaged enemy at 9 a.m.
When a Forsyte was engaged, married, or born, the Forsytes were present; when a Forsyte diedöbut no Forsyte had as yet died; they did not die; death being contrary to their principles, they took precautions against it, the instinctive precautions of highly vitalised persons who resent encroachments on their property.
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