en·gaged
(ĕn-gājd′)adj.
1. Employed, occupied, or busy.
2. Committed, as to a cause.
3. Pledged to marry; betrothed: an engaged couple.
4. Involved in conflict or battle.
5. Being in gear; meshed.
6. Partly embedded in, built into, or attached to another part, as columns on a wall.
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engaged
(ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd)adj
1. pledged to be married; betrothed
2. employed, occupied, or busy
3. (Architecture) architect built against or attached to a wall or similar structure: an engaged column.
4. (Telecommunications) (of a telephone line) already in use
engagedly adv
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en•gaged
(ɛnˈgeɪdʒd)adj.
1. busy or occupied.
2. pledged to be married; betrothed: an engaged couple.
3. committed or involved.
4. involved in conflict with.
5.
a. (of gears) interlocked.
b. (of wheels) in gear with each other.
6. built so as to be or appear to be attached to or partly embedded in a wall: an engaged column.
[1605–15]
en•gag′ed•ly, adv.
en•gag′ed•ness, n.
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engaged
When two people have agreed to marry each other, or have announced formally that they are going to be married, you can say that they are engaged.
They were not officially engaged.
...an engaged couple.
You can also say that each person is engaged.
He's just got engaged.
As an engaged girl, she would be unable to accept invitations from other men.
You say that someone is engaged to the person they are going to marry.
Sonny was formally engaged to Sandra.
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engaged
(phone line) busy
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Adj. | 1. | engaged - having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation" busy - actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch" |
| 2. | engaged - involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight" involved - connected by participation or association or use; "we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved"; "the problems involved"; "the involved muscles"; "I don't want to get involved"; "everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified" | |
| 3. | engaged - reserved in advance reserved - set aside for the use of a particular person or party | |
| 4. | engaged - (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" occupied - held or filled or in use; "she keeps her time well occupied"; "the wc is occupied" | |
| 5. |  engaged - (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"geared - equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged | |
| 6. | engaged - having services contracted for; "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick" employed - having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary; "most of our graduates are employed" | |
| 7. | engaged - built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns" architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" connected - joined or linked together |
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engaged
adjective
1. occupied, working, involved, committed, employed, busy, absorbed, tied up, preoccupied, engrossed the various projects he was engaged on
2. betrothed, promised, pledged, affianced, promised in marriage He was engaged to Miss Julia Boardman.
betrothed free, available, unattached, uncommitted, fancy-free
betrothed free, available, unattached, uncommitted, fancy-free
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engaged
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Translations
zapojený
beskæftigetforlovetoptaget af
kiireinen
uključen u
eljegyzett
taka òátt ítrúlofaîurupptekinn
婚約している
바쁜
zasnúbený
zaročenzaseden
upptagen
มีส่วนร่วม
mắc bận
engaged
[ɪnˈgeɪdʒd]A. ADJ
1. to be engaged (= busy) [seat, person] → estar ocupado (Brit) [toilet] → estar ocupado
to be engaged in → estar ocupado en, dedicarse a
what are you engaged in? → ¿a qué se dedica Vd?
to be engaged in → estar ocupado en, dedicarse a
what are you engaged in? → ¿a qué se dedica Vd?
2. (Brit) (Telec) to be engaged → estar comunicando or (LAm) ocupado
3. to be engaged (to be married) → estar prometido; [2 persons] → estar prometidos, ser novios
they've been engaged for two years → llevan dos años de relaciones formales
to get engaged → prometerse (to con) the engaged couple → los novios
they've been engaged for two years → llevan dos años de relaciones formales
to get engaged → prometerse (to con) the engaged couple → los novios
B. CPD engaged signal, engaged tone N → señal f de comunicando or (LAm) ocupado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
engaged
[ɪnˈgeɪdʒd] adj (British) (= busy, in use) [toilet] → occupé(e); [phone, line] → occupé(e)
I phoned, but it was engaged → J'ai téléphoné, mais c'était occupé.
I phoned, but it was engaged → J'ai téléphoné, mais c'était occupé.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
engaged
adj
(= betrothed) engaged (to be married) → verlobt (to mit); the engaged couple → die Verlobten pl; to get or become engaged (to somebody) → sich (mit jdm) verloben
(form: = busy) person → beschäftigt; to be otherwise engaged (at future time) → etwas anderes vorhaben; (at present) → anderweitig beschäftigt sein; to be engaged in something → mit etw beschäftigt sein; in criminal activities → in etw (acc) → verwickelt sein; the parties engaged in the dispute → die am Streit beteiligten Parteien; to be engaged in doing something → dabei sein, etw zu tun; we are actively engaged in trying to find a solution → wir bemühen uns aktiv um eine Lösung; to be engaged on something → mit etw befasst or beschäftigt sein
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engaged
[ɪnˈgeɪdʒd] adjb. (occupied) to be engaged in doing sth → essere impegnato/a a fare qc
she is engaged in research/a survey → si occupa di ricerca/di un'inchiesta
to be engaged on sth → occuparsi di qc
she is engaged in research/a survey → si occupa di ricerca/di un'inchiesta
to be engaged on sth → occuparsi di qc
c. (Brit) (phone number, lavatory) → occupato/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
engage
(inˈgeidʒ) verb1. to begin to employ (a workman etc). He engaged him as his assistant.
2. to book; to reserve. He has engaged an entertainer for the children's party.
3. to take hold of or hold fast; to occupy. to engage someone's attention.
4. to join battle with. The two armies were fiercely engaged.
5. to (cause part of a machine etc to) fit into and lock with another part. The driver engaged second gear.
enˈgaged adjective1. bound by promise (especially to marry). She became engaged to John.
2. (with in) employed or occupied. She is engaged in social work.
3. busy; not free; occupied. Please come if you are not already engaged for that evening; The room / telephone line is engaged.
enˈgagement nounthe engagement of three new assistants; When shall we announce our engagement?; Have you any engagements tomorrow?; a naval engagement (= battle); (also adjective) an engagement ring.
enˈgaging adjective attractive. an engaging smile.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
engaged
→ مَشْغُول zapojený optaget af beschäftigt δεσμευμένος comprometido, ocupado kiireinen occupé uključen u occupato 婚約している 바쁜 betrokken opptatt zajęty envolvido занятой upptagen มีส่วนร่วม meşgul mắc bận 使用中的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
engaged
a. encajado-a, ajustado-a, conectado-a; [undertaken] comprometido-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- I'm engaged
- It's busy (US)
It's engaged (UK)
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