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engagement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | employment |
| Type of | action |
| Has types | shape-up, reservation, call-back, booking |
| Derivation | engage |
engagement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | involution, involvement, participation |
| Type of | group action |
| Has types | group participation, commitment, intercession, intervention |
| Derivation | engage |
the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities.
engagement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | battle, conflict, fight |
| Type of | action, military action |
| Has types | naval battle, armed combat, armageddon, dogfight, combat, pitched battle, assault |
| Derivation | engage |
he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement.
engagement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | booking |
| Type of | work, employment |
| Has types | gig |
engagement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | appointment, date |
| Type of | meeting, get together |
| Has types | blind date, rendezvous, tryst, double date |
Examples of engagement
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This production will replace PBT's usual engagement at Downtown's Byham Theater.
From the post-gazette.com
Consumers Unleashed Soliciting engagement from your consumer is a cost of entry.
From the time.com
These factors lend themselves to a sense of engagement, whether at work or play.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Results are then used to develop an action plan to continue employee engagement.
From the ocregister.com
The Duchess wore the brand in her official engagement portrait by Mario Testino.
From the telegraph.co.uk
One year later they returned to the same location to celebrate their engagement.
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Simon was riding in a cab in London when word of the royal engagement came down.
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Engagement comprises energy, dedication and absorption as related to schoolwork.
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The extent of this engagement has surprised the Belgravia Residents'Association.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
- Battle: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
- Date: a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"
- Betrothal: a mutual promise to marry
- Employment: the act of giving someone a job
- Employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer"
- Contact by fitting together; "the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears"
- An engagement is a promise to marry, and also the period of time between proposal and marriagewhich may be lengthy or trivial. During this period, a couple is said to be affianced, betrothed, engaged to be married, or simply engaged. ...
- The Engagers were a faction of the Scottish Covenanters, who made "The Engagement" with King Charles I in December 1647 while he was imprisoned in Carisbrooke Castle by the English Parliamenterians after his defeat in the First Civil War.
- Engagement is applied in diplomacy as a synonym for a wider range of more specific practices of contact between an international actor and a foreign public, including public diplomacy, communication and the deployment of international aid. ...
