Engage - definition, pronunciation, transcription
verb
- engage or hire for work (syn: employ, hire)
- ask to represent; of legal counsel
- give to in marriage (syn: affiance, betroth, plight)
- get caught
- hire for work or assistance (syn: enlist)
- keep engaged (syn: lock, mesh, operate)
Extra examples
He was engaged as a tutor.
He sure can engage an audience.
The story engaged my interest.
The troops prepared to engage the enemy.
The troops prepared to engage with the enemy.
He has engaged himself to an engineer.
This seat is engaged.
If I had engaged in politics, I should have perished long ago.
He declined engaging himself to secrecy.
That is pretty much all I can engage for.
He engaged them to declare in his favour.
Our army engaged with the enemy at the first light of day.
But my honour is engaged.
The engine has stopped because the different parts of the motor are not engaging with each other properly.
Only 10% of American adults engage in regular exercise.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: engage
he/she/it: engages
present participle: engaging
past tense: engaged
past participle: engaged
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