engaged
verbadjectivecommon in dialogue
- //ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒd//
- //ɛnˈɡeɪd͡ʒd//
Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
verb
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Also a form of engagesimple past and past participle of engage
adjective
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Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
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Busy or employed.
Dig if you will the picture / Of you and I engaged in a kiss / The sweat of your body covers me / Can you my darling / Can you picture this?
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Greatly interested.
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(of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.
I tried calling, but she (or her phone) was engaged.
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attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
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in contact and in operation
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being attacked or attacking
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Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.
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Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”).
Black and white women writers assumed their mantle as engaged writers, as cultural and political critics.
engaged · Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
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