DICTOMETER

ENGAGED

(engage, engaged, contratar, vincular, comunica, ocupado, prometido, ansette, båndlegge, engasjere, tvinge, engasjert, forlovet, opptatt)

1. Synonyms:
   • Prosecute
   • Engage
   • Pursue
   Definitions:
   • carry out or participate in an activity
   • be involved in
   Examples:
   • She pursued many activities
   • They engaged in a discussion
   Antonyms:
   disengage
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Absorb
   • Engross
   • Engage
   • Occupy
   Definitions:
   • consume all of one's attention or time
   Examples:
   • Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely
   Antonyms:
   disengage, withdraw
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Hire
   • Engage
   • Employ
   Definitions:
   • engage or hire for work
   Examples:
   • They hired two new secretaries in the department
   • How many people has she employed?
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Engage
   Definitions:
   • ask to represent
   • of legal counsel
   Examples:
   • I'm retaining a lawyer
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Betroth
   • Engage
   • Affiance
   • Plight
   Definitions:
   • give to in marriage
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Engage
   Definitions:
   • get caught
   Examples:
   • Make sure the gear is engaged
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Engage
   • Wage
   Definitions:
   • carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
   Examples:
   • Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Engage
   • Enlist
   Definitions:
   • hire for work or assistance
   Examples:
   • Engage aid, help, services, or support
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Lease
   • Rent
   • Hire
   • Charter
   • Engage
   • Take
   Definitions:
   • engage for service under a term of contract
   Examples:
   • We took an apartment on a quiet street
   • Let's rent a car
   • Shall we take a guide in Rome?
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Engage
    • Mesh
    • Lock
    • Operate
    Definitions:
    • keep engaged
    Examples:
    • Engaged the gears
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Engaged
   • Occupied
   Definitions:
   • having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
   Examples:
   • She keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities
   • Deeply engaged in conversation
   Antonyms:
   • Idle
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Engaged
   Definitions:
   • involved in military hostilities
   Examples:
   • The desperately engaged ships continued the fight
   Antonyms:
   • Uninvolved
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Booked
   • Engaged
   • Set-aside
   Definitions:
   • reserved in advance
   Antonyms:
   • Unreserved
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Busy
   • Engaged
   • In use
   Definitions:
   • (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)
   Examples:
   • Her line is busy
   • Receptionists' telephones are always engaged
   • The lavatory is in use
   • Kept getting a busy signal
   Antonyms:
   • Unoccupied
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Engaged
   • Meshed
   • Intermeshed
   Definitions:
   • (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
   Examples:
   • The gears are engaged
   • Meshed gears
   • Intermeshed twin rotors
   Antonyms:
   • Ungeared
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Engaged
   Definitions:
   • having services contracted for
   Examples:
   • The carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick
   Antonyms:
   • Unemployed
   
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Engaged
   Definitions:
   • built against or attached to a wall
   Examples:
   • Engaged columns
   Antonyms:
   • Unconnected