Engaged

Definition: Engaged

Engaged

Adjective

1. Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation".

2. Involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight".

3. Reserved in advance.

4. (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal".

5. (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors".

6. Having services contracted for; "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick".

7. (architecture) built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns".

8. Pledged to be married; "the engaged couple".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "engaged" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Engaged

Attention

Adjective: attentive, mindful, observant, regardful; alive to, awake to; observing; Verb: alert, open-eyed; intent on, taken up with, occupied with, engaged in; engrossed in, wrapped in, absorbed, rapt, transfixed, riveted, mesmerized, hypnotized; glued to (the TV); breathless; preoccupied; (inattentive); watchful; (careful); breathless, undistracted, upon the stretch; on the watch; (expectant).

Business

Be about, be doing, be engaged in, be employed in, be occupied with, be at work on; have one's hands in, have in hand; have on one's hands, have on one's shoulders; bear the burden; have one's hands full; (activity).

Marriage

Engaged, betrothed, affianced.

Crosswords: Engaged

But I thought you said you were engaged. (While You Were Sleeping; writing credit: Daniel G. Sullivan; Fredric LeBow)

Excuse me. I'm not getting any of my mail, nothing has been filed! Ever since she got engaged, my life has been a disaster (Big; writing credit: Gary Ross; Anne Spielberg)

Oh great, considering I desecrated your Grandma's remains, found out you were engaged, and had your Father ask me to milk him (Meet the Parents; writing credit: Greg Glienna; Mary Ruth Clarke)

Were you ever engaged in any sadomasochistic activity (Basic Instinct; writing credit: Joe Eszterhas)

If you get engaged to that girl, I shall insist you move into the spare room (The Beiderbecke Affair; writing credit: Alan Plater)

She's married now, or engaged, or something, so I am told (Is She Really Going Out With Him?; performing artist: Joe Jackson)

Line Engaged (1935)

Muchly Engaged (1913)

Otherwise Engaged (2002)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Handbook for Engaged Couples: A Communication Tool for Those About to Be Married (reference)

• Engaged Buddhist Reader: Ten Years of Engaged Buddhist Publishing (reference)

• Getting Your Sex Life Off to a Great Start - A Guide for Engaged and Newlywed Couples (reference)

• Interbeing: Fourteen Guidelines for Engaged Buddhism (reference)

• Life Sentence: The Guy's Survival Guide to Getting Engaged and Married (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Dir Of Licensed Auctioneers Apprentice Auctioneers Engaged In The Auction In Sc (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Vandread - Enemy Engaged (Vol. 1) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Engaged in Labor (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Air photo mission and Launch 1255 engaged in Boston Harbor Current Study. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Route of 17th Field Artillery Observation Battalion through England and France 17th FAOB landed one day after D-Day Engaged at Falaise Gap in France, marched through Paris. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The Reefmaker, a vessel, and volunteers engaged in the clean-up. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Students from Brown University are engaged in a study of marsh dependency of estuarine fishes. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

United States Coast Survey Steamer BIBB at Dry Tortugas, Florida. At this time, the BIBB was engaged in conducting dredging work south of the Florida Keys under the direction of Louis F. de Pourtales who discovered life below 300 fathoms. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 20. Lucas scoop sounder, invented in 1891 by Francis Lucas of the English Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, this instrument was also called the "snapper." It was used primarily by ships engaged in submarine cable laying. It is a derivative of the Ross device, with elements of the British bulldog sounder. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Widgeon NC 722 Engaged in Fisherman Check on Sitkoh Lake, Southeast Alaska. Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library.

A group of young European males engaged in a drinking bout. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Jean Mohr..

Engraving from Porter's "History of the Civil War", page 522, depicting USS Cricket (1863-1865) engaged in a running battle with Confederate troops and artillery along the Red River on 26 April 1864. Cricket was flagship of Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter during this action. Credit: NAVY.

Is hoisted on board USS Curtiss (AV-4) in the Korean War zone, 8 November 1950. At that time this plane, and others from Fleet Air Wing 6, were engaged in anti-mine patrols off the Korean coast. Note twin .50 caliber machine gun turret fully trained to starboard, with guns depressed. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

He has an absolute power over the lives of those who by an unjust war have forfeited them; but not over the lives or fortunes of those who engaged not in the war, nor over the possessions even of those who were actually engaged in it. (Second Treatise of Government)

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. (reference)

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. (The Gettysburg Address)

The number engaged to replace those discharged for any reason before the expiration of their term of service must not exceed five per cent. per annum of the totals laid down in this Section (Article 183). (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

He quitted the militia and engaged in trade, having brothers already established in a good way in London, which afforded him a favourable opening

The mother and her daughters were engaged in sewing

Never had the two ideas that governed the unfortunate man whose sufferings we are relating, engaged in so serious a struggle

Which two mighty powers have, as I was going to tell you, been engaged in a most obstinate war for six and thirty moons past

On every side they were engaged in deadly combat, yet without any noise that I could hear, and human soldiers never fought so resolutely

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Vaccinate (where possible) individuals engaged in research with pregnant sheep or live C. burnetii. (references)

Scientists engaged in designing and developing clinical trials to test potential treatments for AD face a number of challenges. (references)

Although the change was significant from a public health perspective, 81 percent of this high-risk population still engaged in high-risk sexual behavior. (references)

Business

European companies are also actively engaged in this market. (references)

Prior to the F-16 acquisition, the RTAF had engaged in two projects with foreign countries. (references)

Hardware has little synergy with software and few companies are engaged in both activities. (references)

Children

Indonesia

Many of them are victims of sexual abuse or are engaged in prostitution. (references)

Philippines

Many street children appear to be abandoned children engaged in scavenging or begging. (references)

Russia

The women's action group "White Kerchief" (Belyy platok) reported that some federal forces engaged in the kidnaping of children in Chechnya for ransom. (references)

Civil Liberties

Korea

Since 1993 many North Koreans have been engaged in business in the Russian Far East. (references)

Belarus

There were credible reports that independent universities engaged in self-censorship. (references)

Egypt

All mosques must be licensed, and the Government is engaged in an effort to control them legally. (references)

Economic History

Luxembourg

Most farmers are engaged in dairy and meat production. (references)

Liberia

There also are limited numbers of Chinese engaged in agriculture. (references)

Colombia

Colombia is engaged in a broad range of narcotics control activities. (references)

Human Rights

Philippines

The Abu Sayyaf Group again engaged in many acts of terrorism during the year. (references)

Sri Lanka

Tamil militants aligned with the former PA government also engaged in torture. (references)

Macedonia

The NLA at times engaged in "ethnic cleansing" campaigns in areas under its control. (references)

Indigenous People

Nicaragua

Critics of government policy cited extremely high unemployment rates, but calculation of reliable employment statistics was complicated because most of the working indigenous population on the Atlantic coast is engaged in subsistence fishing, farming, and mining. (references)

Minorities

Guyana

Members of both the largely Indo-Guyanese PPP and the largely Afro-Guyanese PNC engaged in rhetorical and propaganda attacks that fueled racial tensions. (references)

Moldova

Some Moldovan Roma complain of police harassment; however, the authorities claim that many in the Roma community are engaged in smuggling from Russia and other nearby countries. (references)

Political Economy

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Much of the labor force is engaged in agriculture. (references)

KUWAIT

Nevertheless, unions are engaged in a wide range of activities. (references)

Guatemala

About 40 percent of the work force is engaged in some form of agriculture. (references)

Political Rights

Nigeria

Although all parties engaged in attempts to rig the vote, the PDP machine in the Delta and Igboland was responsible for the worst excesses. (references)

Libya

Some committees have engaged in show trials of Government opponents; the committees also have been implicated in the killing of opponents abroad. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The HDZ engaged in a systematic campaign of threats and intimidation, most intensively in April and May, to try to force Croats to back its drive for Croat self-government. (references)

Trade

India

A SEZ unit engaged in trading will not be permitted DTA sales. (references)

Pakistan

Of the 50-some Modarabas floated to date, several are engaged in leasing. (references)

Colombia

Groups the seven companies engaged in administering the pension funds (public and private). (references)

Travel

Ecuador

Ecuadorians are formal when engaged in business relations. (references)

Peru

Peruvians are formal when engaged in business relations and suits and ties are the norm. (references)

Women

Jordan

Medical tests indicated that the victim had not engaged in sexual activity. (references)

Worker Rights

Guinea

The rest are engaged in private, mixed, and informal sectors. (references)

Zambia

Workers engaged in illegal strikes do not enjoy this protection. (references)

Zambia

No action was taken against the workers engaged in these strikes. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "engaged": affianced bespoken betrothed engaged pledged promisedpredicate ♦ be busily engaged in doing ♦ be engaged ♦ be engaged in ♦ be engaged in smth. ♦ become engaged ♦ Engaged column ♦ engaged couple ♦ engaged position ♦ engaged signal ♦ engaged test ♦ engaged to be married ♦ engaged tone ♦ extended engaged condition ♦ get engaged ♦ informally engaged ♦ the engaged couple ♦ the number is engaged. Additional references.

Ending with "engaged": re-engaged.

Afrikaans

besig (busy, occupied, taken), beset (busy, occupied, pregnant, taken, with young). (various references)

Albanian

i zënë (busy, caught, closed, foul, occupied), i pajtuar (Hackney, hired, mercenary), i fejuar (betrothed). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ملزم (binding, bound, committed, obligated, obligatory), ‏متورط (embroiled, entangled, implicated, involved), ‏معشق (dovetail), ‏مخطوب (betrothed), ‏مشغول (busy, occupied, working), ‏خاطب (accost, address, declaim, marriage broker, matchmaker). (various references)

Bavarian

bsetzt (busy, occupied, taken). (various references)

Bulgarian 

участвуващ в сражение, сгоден (affianced, betrothed), включен, обещан (covenanted, promised, votive), зает (busy, concerned, full, hired, occupied, wrapped up), запазен (extant, green, preserved, reserved, safe, uncorrupted, unworn), ангажиран (booked). (various references)

Chinese 

参与 (Engage, Engaging, Participate, Participated, participating, Participation). (various references)

Czech

zasnoubený (affianced, betrothed), zadaný (reserved), obsazený (busy, occupied). (various references)

Danish

enkeltmandsforetagender hvis hovedfunktion bestaar i at finansiere (sole proprietorships and partnerships engaged in finance), optagetsignal (busy signal, busy-flash signal, engaged signal, telephone busy signal), beskaeftigede personer (engaged labour, numbers employed, persons engaged), de markedsmaessige brancher omfatter alle homogene produktionsenheder i alle de institutionelle sektorer,der udelukkende beskaeftiger sig med at producere varer og markedsmaessige tjenester (the market branches consist of all units of homogeneous production of whatever institutional sector, which are exclusively engaged in the production of goods and market services), den oevrige verden er en sektor,som ikke er karakteristisk ved at have nogen hovedfunktion eller nogle vigtigste tilgange;den omfatter de ikke-hjemmehoerende enheder i det omfang,hvor de foretager transaktioner med de hjemmehoerende institutionelle enhede (The rest of the world is a sector without any characteristic functions and resources;it consists of non-resident units in so far as they are engaged in transactions with resident institutional units.Its accounts provide an overall view of the economic rel), forlove sig (become engaged), forlove sig med (become engaged with, become the fiacée of, become the fiancé of, fall in love with), Handlingsplan for udveksling mellem medlemsstaternes forvaltninger af nationale embedsmænd, der har til opgave at gennemføre de EF-forskrifter, som er nødvendige for virkeliggørelsen af det indre marked (Action plan for the exchange between Member State administrations of national officials who are engaged in the implementation of Community legislation required to achieve the internal market), Handlingsplan for udveksling mellem medlemsstaternes forvaltninger af nationale embedsmænd,der har til opgave at gennemføre de EF-forskrifter,som er nødvendige for virkeliggørelsen af det indre marked (Action plan for the exchange between Member State administrations of national officials who are engaged in the implementation of Community legislation required to achieve the internal market), industrikapital (capital engaged in industry), korrektør (compositor engaged in correcting, corrector, proofreader), beskaeftigede (engaged labour, numbers employed, persons engaged), offentlige virksomheder hvis hovedfunktion bestaar i at finansiere (public entreprises engaged in finance), virksomhed,der er involveret i undervisning (company engaged on training), optagettest (engaged test), optagettone (busy tone, engaged tone), person beskæftiget med et virksomhedsprojekt (person engaged in a re-employment scheme), sektoren det offentlige omfatter alle de institutionelle enheder,hvis hovedfunktion er at producere ikke-markedsmaessige tjenester til kollektivt konsum og/eller omfordele nationalindkomsten og nationalformuen (the sector general government includes all institutional units which are principally engaged in the production of non-market services intended for collective consumption and/or in the redistribution of national income and wealth), sektoren finansielle institutioner omfatter alle de institutionelle enheder,hvis hovedfunktion bestaar i at finansiere,dvs.indsamle,omdanne og fordele finansielle fordringer (the sector credit institutions consists of all institutional units which are principally engaged in finance, transform and distribute available funds), sektoren forsikringsselskaber omfatter alle de institutionelle enheder,hvis hovedfunktion bestaar i at forsikre,dvs.at omdanne individuelle risici til kollektive risici normalt ved skabelse af forsikringstekniske reserver (normally by establishinginsurance technical reserves, the sector insurance enterprises consists of all insitutional units which are principally engaged in insurance:i.e.which convert individual risks into collective risks), sektoren private ikke-udbyttegivende institutioner omfatter private ikke-udbyttegivende institutioner med status som juridiske personer,som virker til gavn for husholdningerne,og hvis hovedfunktion bestaar i at producere ikke-markedsmaessige tjenester til (the sector private non-profit institutions consists of private non-profit institutions which are separate legal entities, which serve households and which are principally engaged in the production of non-market services intended for particular groups of households), supplerende inertimoment,udkoblet (moment of inertia with no gear engaged), tilbagegående spærring (extended engaged condition), være i indgreb (be engaged, be in mesh, engage, mesh), ved ikke-finansielle selskabslignende foretagender forstaas alle foretagender,som ikke er juridiske personer,og hvis hovedfunktion bestaar i at producere ikke-finansielle markedsmaessige varer og tjenester,for saa vidt deres oekonomiske og finansielle adf (public companies and public corporations, the term non-financial quasi-corporate enterprises denotes all bodies without independent legal status which are primarily engaged in the production of goods and non-financial market services, to the extent that their economic and financial behaviour is different from that of their owners and is similar to that of private companies), motor tilkoblet (clutch engaged). (various references)

Dutch

verloofd, geëngageerd. (various references)

Esperanto

fianĉiniĝinta, fianĉiĝinta. (various references)

Finnish

osallistuva (committed, participatory), kihlattu (fiancé, fiancée), kihla (fiancé, fiancée). (various references)

French

engageâmes, engagée, engagé, prisé, pas libre, occupé, impliqué (entangled), fiancée, fiancé, accrochâmes. (various references)

Frisian

beset (busy, occupied, taken). (various references)

German

besetzt (being used, booked, busy, full, manned, occupied, occupies, taken), beschäftigt (busily, busy, employed, employs, intent, intently, occupied, preoccupied). (various references)

Greek 

κατειλημμένοσ, πιασμένοσ (cramped), αρραβωνιασμένοσ, αρραβωνιασμένος. (various references)

Hebrew 

מועסק (employed, employee, occupied), מאורס (affianced), מצומד (attached, coupled, paired), תפוס (absorbed, busy, occupied, reserved), עסוק (business, busy, employment, engagement, job, occupation, occupied, pursuit, walks of life). (various references)

Hungarian

foglalt (occupied). (various references)

Icelandic

trúlofast (become engaged, become engaged with, become the fiacée of, become the fiancé of). (various references)

Indonesian

bertunangan (betrothed). (various references)

Italian

occupato (busy, employed, occupied, occupies, taken). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

予約済み (reserved). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

よやくずみ (reserved). (various references)

Korean 

접전하는. (various references)

Manx

tarroogh (busy, industrious, thrifty), naishtit (affianced), naishtey (betrothal, engage, engagement, espousal, pledge), naisht (affianced, bind), goaill greme (engagement). (various references)

Norwegian

opptatt (busy, occupied, taken). (various references)

Papiamen

komprometé (become engaged). (various references)

Pig Latin

engageday.(various references)

Polish

zajęty (busy, occupied, taken). (various references)

Portuguese

engrenado (be engaged, be in mesh, engage, mesh), ocupado (abuzz, busy, devastated, occupied), noivo (betrothed, bridegroom, fiancé, fiance, groom, to-be), contratado, comprometido (busy, impaired), acoplado (linked). (various references)

Romanian

ocupat (busy, conquered, employed, occupied, rapt, seized, taken), angajat (employed, employee, foul, hireling, in place, super). (various references)

Russian 

обрученный (affianced, betrothed), занятый (busy, busy with, occupied), занимать занятый;обрученный, помолвленный (betrothed, contracted). (various references)

Scottish

ri (against, as, at, engaged at : cho math ri sin, to, towards, with), ag (and, at, engaged in; precedes v.n. beginning with vow., hesitation). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zauzet (busy, reserved, taken), zaručen (affianced), veren (affianced, contracted), angažovan. (various references)

Spanish

ocupado (abuzz, busy, kept, lined, occupied, taken). (various references)

Swedish

upptagen (busy, occupied, preoccupied, reserved), engagerad (committed, dedicated). (various references)

Thai

ที่กำลังยุ่งอยู่กับ, ซึ่งกำลังสู้รบ, ซึ่งหมั้นหมายกัน. (various references)

Turkish

tutulmuş (afflicted, afflicted with, hired, in love, lovestruck, reserved, smitten, smitten with, stiff, stricken, taken), rezerve, nişanlı (affianced, engaged to be married, fiance, fiancee, intended), meşgul (busy, concerned, engrossed, full, intent, occupied, up and doing), dolu (abounding, abundant, alive with, capacity, crowded, filled, fraught, full, hail, instinct, instinct with, laden, loaded, occupied, replete, rife, shot, shot through, steeped in, thick with), bağlanmış (hooked, tied). (various references)

Turkmen 

meюgullanmak (be engaged (in), be occupied (with)). (various references)

Ukrainian

засватаний (affianced), заручений (affianced, betrothed, contracted, ringed), зацікавлений (concerned, interested), зайнятий (booked, busy, concerned, conversant, in work, occupied). (various references)

Vietnamese 

bận rộn đang giao chiến, đã hứa hôn được giữ trước, đã đính ước. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "engaged": disengaged, reengaged. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Engaged" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: egated, enage, engadge, engag, engare, engauged, engazed, engge, entage, enwage, ingage, ingaged, Ingegerd, Negage, ngage. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: degage, engage, ganged, nagged.

-2 letters: agene, egged, gaged.

-3 letters: aged, agee, dang, dean, dene, edge, egad, gaed, gaen, gage, gane, gang, geed, gene, need.

-4 letters: age, and, ane, dag, dee, den, egg, end, eng, gad, gae, gag, gan, ged, gee, gen, nae, nag, nee.

-5 letters: ad, ae, ag, an, de, ed, en, na, ne.

+2 letters: disengage, gangrened, reengaged.

+3 letters: degreasing, delegating, disengaged, disengages, jaggedness, raggedness, renegading.

+4 letters: congregated, disagreeing, endangering, gingerbread.

+5 letters: degenerating, degringolade, deregulating, doppelganger, gingerbreads, gingerbready, jaggednesses, raggednesses, unsegregated.