engagement

en·gage·ment  (n-gjmnt)

n.

1. The act of engaging or the state of being engaged.

2. Betrothal.

3. Something that serves to engage; a pledge.

4. A promise or agreement to be at a particular place at a particular time.

5.

a. Employment, especially for a specified time.

b. A specific, often limited, period of employment.

6. A hostile encounter; a battle.

7. The condition of being in gear.

Synonyms: engagement, appointment, assignation, date¹, rendezvous, tryst
These nouns denote a commitment to appear at a certain time and place: a business engagement; a dental appointment; a secret assignation; a date to play tennis; a rendezvous of agents at the border; a lovers' tryst.

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engagement

Noun

1. a business or social appointment

2. the period when a couple has agreed to get married but the wedding has not yet taken place

3. a limited period of employment, esp. in the performing arts

4. a battle

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1. In air defense, an attack with guns or air-to-air missiles by an interceptor aircraft, or the launch of an air defense missile by air defense artillery and the missile's subsequent travel to intercept.
2. A tactical conflict, usually between opposing lower echelons maneuver forces. See also battle; campaign.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	engagement - a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" battle, fight, conflict military action, action - a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea" Armageddon - any catastrophically destructive battle; "they called the first World War an Armageddon" pitched battle - a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place naval battle - a pitched battle between naval fleets armed combat, combat - an engagement fought between two military forces war, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war" dogfight - an aerial engagement between fighter planes assault - close fighting during the culmination of a military attack armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
	2.	engagement - a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" appointment, date get together, meeting - a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room" blind date - a date with a stranger; "she never goes on blind dates" double date - a date in which two couples participate tryst, rendezvous - a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex date, escort - a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking"
	3.	engagement - a mutual promise to marry             betrothal, troth promise - a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future ringing - the giving of a ring as a token of engagement
	4.	engagement - the act of giving someone a job employment action - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" shape-up - a way of hiring longshoremen by the day; applicants gather around a union boss who selects those to be hired call-back - the recall of an employee after a layoff booking, reservation - the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group); "wondered who had made the booking"
	5.	engagement - employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer" booking gig - a booking for musicians; "they played a gig in New Jersey" employment, work - the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work"
	6.	engagement - contact by fitting together; "the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears" interlocking, meshing, mesh impinging, striking, contact - the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
	7.	engagement - the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities" involvement, participation, involution group action - action taken by a group of people commitment - an engagement by contract involving financial obligation; "his business commitments took him to London" intervention, intercession - the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.); "it occurs without human intervention" group participation - participation by all members of a group non-engagement, non-involvement, nonparticipation - withdrawing from the activities of a group

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engagement

noun 1. appointment, meeting, interview, date, commitment, arrangement, rendezvous

noun 2. betrothal, marriage contract, troth (archaic) agreement to marry

noun 3. battle, fight, conflict, action, struggle, clash, contest, encounter, combat, confrontation, skirmish, face-off (slang)

noun 4. participation, joining, taking part, involvement

noun 5. job, work, post, situation, commission, employment, appointment, gig (informal) stint

Translations

engagement [ɪnˈgeɪdʒmənt] n (= appointment) → compromiso, cita (= battle); combate m;

(to marry) → compromiso;

(period) → noviazgo;

I have a previous engagement → ya tengo un compromiso

engagement [ɪnˈgeɪdʒmənt] n (= undertaking) → obligation f, engagement m (= appointment); rendez-vous m inv;

(to marry) → fiançailles fpl;

(Mil) → combat m;

I have a previous engagement → j'ai déjà un rendez-vous, je suis déjà pris(e)

engagement [ɪnˈgeɪdʒmənt] engage n → Verabredung f;

(booking) → Engagement nt;

(to marry) → Verlobung f;

(Mil) → Gefecht nt, Kampf m;

I have a previous engagement engage → ich habe schon eine Verabredung

engagement [ɪnˈgeɪdʒmənt] n → impegno, obbligo; appuntamento;

(to marry) → fidanzamento;

(MIL) → combattimento;

I have a previous engagement → ho già un impegno