engaged in English dictionary

  • engaged

    Meanings and definitions of "engaged"

    • Simple past tense and past participle of engage.
    • Agreed to be married.
    • Busy or employed.
    • (UK) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls it
    • (architecture, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
    • (of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
    • adjective
      Agreed to be married.
    • adjective
      Busy or employed.
    • adjective
      (Britain)
      ( of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls
    • adjective
      (architecture, of a column)
      attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
    • adjective
      (of gears or cogs)
      in contact and in operation
    • adjective
      (military)
      being attacked or attacking
    • verb
      simple past tense and past participle of [i]engage[/i]
    • agreed to be married
    • already involved in a telephone call
    • Having formally promised to be married.
    • adjective
      built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns"
    • adjective
      having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"
    • adjective
      having services contracted for; "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"
    • adjective
      involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"
    • adjective
      (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"
    • adjective
      reserved in advance
    • adjective
      (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"

    Synonyms of "engaged" in English dictionary

    occupied, reserved, connected are the top synonyms of "engaged" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of engaged

    • engaged ( not comparable)
    • engaged (not comparable)
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