engagement

Plural: engagements

Noun

• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
  • "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
• a meeting arranged in advance
• a mutual promise to marry
• the act of giving someone a job
• employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
• contact by fitting together
  • "the engagement of the clutch"
• the act of sharing in the activities of a group
  • "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"
• An appointment, especially to speak or perform.
• Connection or attachment.
• The feeling of being compelled, drawn in, connected to what is happening, interested in what will happen next.
• The period of time when marriage is planned or promised.
• In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities.
• The point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades, or to make an effective attack during an encounter.
• A performance metric representing an instance where a user interacts with some content after an impression.
• A performance metric representing an instance where a user interacts with some content after an impression.
• The quantitative response to a piece of content; attention.

Examples

• a future engagement
• After engagement it quickly became clear which of the fencers was going to prevail.
• Check the gears for full engagement before turning the handle.
• prior engagement
• The engagement resulted in many casualties.
• The lecturer has three speaking engagements this week.
• We are enjoying a long engagement, but haven't yet set a date.

Synonyms

appointment, battle, betrothal, booking, conflict, date, employment, fight, interlocking, involution, involvement, mesh, meshing, participation, troth, action, commitment

Antonyms

non-engagement, non-involvement, nonparticipation, apathy, disengagement

Related Words

battle, campaign, engage