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engaged
The definition of engaged is someone promised to be married, or a busy person, or military personnel in combat.
(adjective)- An example of engaged is a man who is marrying his girlfriend next month.
- An example of engaged is an author writing a novel.
- An example of engaged are military forces involved in combat in the Iraq War.
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See engaged in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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
See engaged in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
- Employed, occupied, or busy.
- Committed, as to a cause.
- Pledged to marry; betrothed: an engaged couple.
- Involved in conflict or battle.
- Being in gear; meshed.
- Partly embedded in, built into, or attached to another part, as columns on a wall.
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