Engagement
Related Definitions
[n] employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer"
[n] 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"
[n] the act of giving someone a job
[n] the act sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"
[n] a mutual promise to marry
[n] contact by fitting together; "the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears"
[n] a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"
Synonyms
appointment, battle, betrothal, booking, conflict, date, fight, interlocking, involvement, mesh, meshing, participation, troth
Related Terms
absorbed attention, absorption, action, affair, affiance, agreement, allurement, alternation, application, appointment, arrangement, assignation, association, attempt, banns, banns of matrimony, bargain, battle, berth, bespeaking, betrothal, betrothing, b