engagement

See also: Engagement

English

Etymology

From French engagement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ.mənt/
• Hyphenation: en‧gage‧ment

• Audio (US):

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Noun

engagement (countable and uncountable, plural engagements)

1. (countable) An appointment, especially to speak or perform.

   The lecturer has three speaking engagements this week.

2. (uncountable) Connection or attachment.

   Check the gears for full engagement before turning the handle.

3. (uncountable, by extension, about human emotional state) The feeling of being compelled, drawn in, connected to what is happening, interested in what will happen next.
4. (countable, uncountable) The period of time when marriage is planned or promised.

   We are enjoying a long engagement, but haven't yet set a date.

5. (countable, uncountable) In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities.

   The engagement resulted in many casualties.

6. (fencing, countable) The point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades, or to make an effective attack during an encounter.

   After engagement it quickly became clear which of the fencers was going to prevail.

Synonyms

• commitment
• action

Antonyms

• apathy

• disengagement

Derived terms

• engagement ring
• disengagement

Related terms

• engage

Translations

appointment

• Bulgarian: ангажимент (bg) m (angažiment)
• Finnish: esiintyminen (fi)
• German: Verpflichtung (de) f
• Italian: impegno (it)
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• Portuguese: compromisso (pt) m
• Romanian: angajament (ro) n
• Russian: ангажеме́нт (ru) m (angažemént)

connection or attachment

• Finnish: kytkentä, kytkeytyminen (fi)
• German: Bindung (de) f
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• Russian: сцепле́ние (ru) n (sceplénije), зацепле́ние (ru) n (zaceplénije)
• Welsh: dyweddïad m

feeling (about human emotional state)

• Finnish: osallistuminen (fi)
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• Russian: вовлечённость (ru) n (vovlečónnostʹ)

period of time when marriage is planned or promised

• Arabic: خِطْبَة f (ḵiṭba), خُطُوبَة f (ḵuṭūba)
• Aromanian: isozmã f, arãvoanã f
• Bulgarian: годеж m (godež)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 婚約／婚约 (zh) (hūnyuē), 婚约 (zh) (hūnyuē), 訂婚／订婚 (zh) (dìnghūn), 订婚 (zh) (dìnghūn)

• Czech: zasnoubení n
• Danish: forlovelse (da) c
• Esperanto: fianĉiĝo
• Finnish: kihlausaika, kihlaus (fi)
• French: fiançailles (fr) f pl
• German: Verlobung (de) f, Verlöbnis (de) n
• Greek: μνηστεία (el) f (mnisteía), αρραβώνας (el) m (arravónas)
• Hebrew: אֵרוּסִין / אירוסים (he) (erusim)
• Hungarian: eljegyzés (hu)
• Irish: gealltanas pósta m
• Italian: fidanzamento (it) m
• Japanese: 婚約 (ja) (こんやく, kon'yaku)
• Korean: 약혼 (ko) (yakhon) (約婚 (ko)), 혼약 (ko) (honyak)
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• Latin: sponsālia n pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forlovelse (no) m

• Polish: zaręczyny (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: noivado (pt) m
• Romanian: logodire (ro) f, logodnă (ro) f
• Russian: помо́лвка (ru) f (pomólvka), обруче́ние (ru) n (obručénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вѐридба f, за̑руке f pl

  Roman: vèridba (sh) f, zȃruke (sh) f pl

• Spanish: noviazgo (es) m
• Swahili: uchumba (sw)
• Swedish: förlovning (sv) c
• Tagalog: talimbuhol
• Turkish: nişan (tr)
• Vietnamese: sự đính hôn (vi) (sự + 訂婚), hôn ước (vi) (婚約)
• Welsh: dyweddïad m

instance of active hostilities

• Bulgarian: сраже́ние (bg) n (sražénie)
• Finnish: yhteenotto (fi)
• German: Gefecht (de) n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trefning f

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• Portuguese: combate (pt) m
• Russian: сраже́ние (ru) n (sražénije), сты́чка (ru) n (stýčka), схва́тка (ru) f (sxvátka), бой (ru) m (boj)

in fencing

• Russian: соедине́ние (ru) n (sojedinénije)
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• Norman: ^{(please verify)} engagement m (Jersey)
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See also

• battle
• campaign

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French

Etymology

engager +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

engagement m (plural engagements)

1. commitment
2. engagement

Further reading

• “engagement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norman

Etymology

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Noun

engagement m (plural engagements)

1. (Jersey) engagement