engagement
engagement
Definition
en·gage·ment (en gāj′mənt, in-)
noun
- an engaging or being engaged; specif.,
- a promise; pledge
- a promise of marriage; betrothal
- an arrangement to go somewhere, do something, meet someone, etc.; appointment
- employment or period of employment, esp. in the performing arts
- a conflict; battle
- financial obligations; commitments
- state of being in gear
- something that engages
engagement
Synonyms
engagement
n.
A predetermined action
meeting, rendezvous, obligation, commitment; see appointment 2, duty 2, promise 1.The state of being betrothed
compact, match, betrothal, espousal, commitment, betrothing, publishing the banns, betrothment, troth. A battle
action, combat, skirmish; see battle 1. See syn. study at battle.
engagement
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- speak: To see Chris's speaking engagements, click here.
- facilitate: Facilitating the on-going engagement of all groups in this process will be important to ensure that it is kept up-to-date.
- deepen: And many more nations hold promise for deepened engagement in the future.
- foster: These include fostering learner engagement, enabling multiple roles for both learners and tutors, and appropriate focusing of assessed tasks.
- encourage: The overall aim of the project is to encourage critical engagement with the process of being disciplined into anthropology.
- fulfill: Ron also fulfilled another long-standing engagement, to address a meeting devoted to the joys of nature.
Preposition: with
- stakeholder: Active engagement with stakeholders over the next few months will explore how the strategy can be taken forward.
Adjective modifier
- civic: CCC aims to combat social apathy and promote civic engagement through opening up dialog among the community, public and corporate sectors.
- constructive: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is defending Britain's policy of what is called " constructive engagement " with Iran's Islamic government.
- active: There is to be active engagement for there to be an effect.
- critical: This new course tries to tackle learning skills through a critical engagement with the nature of the subject.
- naval: Horatio Nelson - British hero Unlike many of his naval predecessors Nelson was keen to experiment and test new ideas of naval engagement.
- meaningful: The new science museum experience offered dynamic, personally meaningful engagement with structured'discovery learning ' .
Modifies a noun
- ring: We're not talking about your Granny's engagement ring here, by the way.
Noun used with modifier
- stakeholder: The Open Systems Research Group has a strong history of researching with people: whether action research, stakeholder engagement or social justice.
- diamond: Most will spend two or three times their monthly salary on a diamond engagement ring - £ 5,000 or more.
- speaking: The speaking engagement had been in the diary for some time.
- moissanite: Affirm your commitment through the beauty of moissanite engagement rings.
- community: Community engagement has always been an integral part of our business model.
- citizen: It will also identify comparisons with citizen engagement in politics.
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