Engagement Definition

ĕn-gājmənt
noun
An engaging or being engaged.
Webster's New World
Something that engages.
Webster's New World
The condition of being in gear.
Engagement of the transmission.
American Heritage
A mutual promise to get married.
American Heritage
The period during which this promise is kept.
A long engagement.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Engagement

Noun

Singular:
engagement
Plural:
engagements

Origin of Engagement

  • French engagement.

    From Wiktionary

Engagement Sentence Examples

  • That evening everyone met in Springtown for an engagement party.

  • If this hadn't been an engagement party for Denton and Clarissa, she would have stayed at home.

  • We pass it on like an engagement ring.

  • Upon the execution of Charles, Cooper took the Engagement, and was a commissioner to administer it in Dorsetshire.

  • You take time to think about a date, but I want to take you out tomorrow to look at engagement rings.

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