engaged
Meanings
- carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in;
- "They engaged in a discussion"
- consume all of one's attention or time;
- engage or hire for work;
- ask to represent; of legal counsel;
- give to in marriage
- get caught;
- "make sure the gear is engaged"
- carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns);
- hire for work or assistance;
- engage for service under a term of contract;
- keep engaged;
- "engaged the gears"
- having ones attention or mind or energy engaged;
- "deeply engaged in conversation"
- involved in military hostilities;
- "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"
- reserved in advance
- (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);
- "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"
- (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting;
- "the gears are engaged"
- having services contracted for;
- "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"
- built against or attached to a wall;
- "engaged columns"
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
engaged is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordengaged is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
engaged is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
engaged is a valid Words With Friends word