engagement

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- \in-ˈgāj-mənt, en-\
- /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ.mənt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- \in-ˈgāj-mənt, en-\

Definitions of engagement word

noun engagement A formal agreement to get married. 1
noun engagement promise to get married 1
noun engagement appointment 1
noun engagement commitment, involvement 1
noun engagement military: combat 1
noun engagement contract, job 1

See all 31 definitions of engagement

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Parts of speech for Engagement

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Engagement

engagement popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for engagement

noun engagement

appointment — The appointment of a person to a particular job is the choice of that person to do it.
meeting — an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races: a track meet.
rendezvous — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
assignation — An assignation is a secret meeting with someone, especially with a lover.
visit — to go to and stay with (a person or family) or at (a place) for a short time for reasons of sociability, politeness, business, curiosity, etc.: to visit a friend; to visit clients; to visit Paris.

All 48 Synonyms of engagement

Antonyms for engagement

noun engagement

breach — If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
disengagement — the act or process of disengaging or the state of being disengaged.
surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.

All 9 Antonyms of engagement

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