engaged

en·gaged  (n-gjd)

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 [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

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	engaged - having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation" occupied 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 booked, set-aside 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" in use, busy 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" intermeshed, meshed 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

3. in use, busy, tied up, unavailable We tried to phone you back but the line was engaged.
in use free, available

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

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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"

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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

toilet, seat, taxi → besetzt; (Brit Telec) line, number, telephone → besetzt

(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] adj

a. (to be married) → fidanzato/a
to get engaged → fidanzarsi

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

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engaged [ɪnˈgeɪdʒd] adj

a. (to be married) → fidanzato/a
to get engaged → fidanzarsi

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

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