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engaged [ɪnˈgeɪdʒd] adj
1. pledged to be married; betrothed 2. employed, occupied, or busy 3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Architect built against or attached to a wall or similar structure an engaged column 4. (Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) (of a telephone line) already in use engagedly [ɪnˈgeɪdʒɪdlɪ] adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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 Translations 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? 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 B. CPD engaged signal, engaged tone N → señal f de comunicando or (LAm) ocupado 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. (= occupied) [person] to be engaged in research → faire de la recherche to be engaged in a survey → faire une enquête to be engaged in doing sth → être occupé(e) à faire qch (= betrothed) → fiancé(e) to be engaged to sb → être fiancé(e) à qn She's engaged to Brian → Elle est fiancée à Brian. to get engaged → se fiancer to get engaged to sb → se fiancer à qn engaged tone n (British) (on the phone) → tonalité f "occupé" 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 engaged [ɪnˈgeɪdʒd] adj b. (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 c. (Brit) (phone number, lavatory) → occupato/a engaged [ɪnˈgeɪdʒd] adj b. (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 c. (Brit) (phone number, lavatory) → occupato/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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There they would remain hour after hour, chatting, smoking, eating poee-poee, or busily engaged in sleeping for the good of their constitutions. About noon I passed low over a great dead city of ancient Mars, and as I skimmed out across the plain beyond I came full upon several thousand green warriors engaged in a terrific battle. Hamilton Fynes who came over by the Lusitania, and who had certainly engaged rooms in this hotel, but he unfortunately, it seems, met with an accident on his way from Liverpool. |
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