engagement

1. n. The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest. Source: opted

2. n. The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife. Source: opted

3. n. That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office. Source: opted

4. n. An action; a fight; a battle. Source: opted

5. n. The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part. Source: opted

6. n. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war Source: wordnet

7. n. a meeting arranged in advance Source: wordnet

8. n. a mutual promise to marry Source: wordnet

9. n. the act of giving someone a job Source: wordnet

10. n. employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time Source: wordnet

11. n. contact by fitting together Source: wordnet

12. n. the act of sharing in the activities of a group Source: wordnet

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