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English noun: engagement | |||
| 1. | engagement (act) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war | ||
| Samples | Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga. He lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement. | ||
| Synonyms | battle, conflict, fight | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | action, military action | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Armageddon, armed combat, assault, combat, dogfight, naval battle, pitched battle | ||
| Instance hyponym | Battle of Britain, Drogheda | ||
| Part meronym | war, warfare | ||
| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
| 2. | engagement (group) a meeting arranged in advance | ||
| Samples | She asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date. | ||
| Synonyms | appointment, date | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | get together, meeting | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blind date, double date, rendezvous, tryst | ||
| Member holonym | date, escort | ||
| 3. | engagement (communication) a mutual promise to marry | ||
| Synonyms | betrothal, troth | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | promise | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ringing | ||
| 4. | engagement (act) the act of giving someone a job | ||
| Synonyms | employment | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | action | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | booking, call-back, reservation, shape-up | ||
| 5. | engagement (act) employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time | ||
| Samples | The play had bookings throughout the summer. | ||
| Synonyms | booking | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | employment, work | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | gig | ||
| 6. | engagement (event) contact by fitting together | ||
| Samples | The engagement of the clutch. The meshing of gears. | ||
| Synonyms | interlocking, mesh, meshing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | contact, impinging, striking | ||
| 7. | engagement (act) the act of sharing in the activities of a group | ||
| Samples | The teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities. | ||
| Synonyms | involution, involvement, participation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | group action | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | commitment, group participation, intercession, intervention | ||
| Antonyms | non-engagement, non-involvement, nonparticipation | ||
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