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ALL meanings of engage

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  • noun Technical meaning of engage (spelling)   Do you mean Nokia N-Gage? 1
  • transitive verb engage involve: in conversation 1
  • transitive verb engage gear: lock in position 1
  • transitive verb engage get into combat with 1
  • transitive verb engage hire 1
  • intransitive verb engage be committed or involved with sth 1
  • intransitive verb engage assume obligation 1
  • intransitive verb engage gear: become locked 1
  • intransitive verb engage military: fight 1
  • noun engage Occupy, attract, or involve (someone's interest or attention). 1
  • verb engage (Transitive Verb) (heading) To interact socially. 0
  • verb engage (heading) To interact antagonistically. 0
  • verb engage (heading) To interact contractually. 0
  • verb engage (heading) To interact mechanically. 0
  • verb engage (Intransitive Verb) To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in). 0
  • verb engage If you engage in an activity, you do it or are actively involved with it. 0
  • verb engage If something engages you or your attention or interest, it keeps you interested in it and thinking about it. 0
  • verb engage If you engage someone in conversation, you have a conversation with them. 0
  • verb engage If you engage with something or with a group of people, you get involved with that thing or group and feel that you are connected with it or have real contact with it. 0
  • verb engage If you engage someone to do a particular job, you appoint them to do it. 0
  • verb engage When a part of a machine or other mechanism engages or when you engage it, it moves into a position where it fits into something else. 0
  • verb engage When a military force engages the enemy, it attacks them and starts a battle. 0
  • verb engage to secure the services of; employ 0
  • verb engage to secure for use; reserve 0
  • verb engage to involve (a person or his or her attention) intensely; engross; occupy 0
  • verb engage to attract (the affection) of (a person) 0
  • verb engage to draw (somebody) into conversation 0
  • verb engage to take part; participate 0
  • verb engage to promise (to do something) 0
  • verb engage to begin an action with (an enemy) 0
  • verb engage to bring (a mechanism) into operation 0
  • verb engage to undergo or cause to undergo interlocking, as of the components of a driving mechanism, such as a gear train 0
  • verb engage to locate (a locking device) in its operative position or to advance (a tool) into a workpiece to commence cutting 0
  • adjective engage (of a writer or artist, esp a man) morally or politically committed to some ideology 0
  • verb transitive engage to give or assign as security for a debt, etc. 0
  • verb transitive engage to bind (oneself) by a promise; pledge; specif. (now only in the passive), to bind by a promise of marriage; betroth 0
  • verb transitive engage to arrange for the services of; hire; employ 0
  • verb transitive engage to arrange for the use of; reserve 0
  • verb transitive engage to draw into; involve 0
  • verb transitive engage to attract and hold (the attention, etc.) 0
  • verb transitive engage to employ or keep busy; occupy 0
  • verb transitive engage to enter into conflict with (the enemy) 0
  • verb transitive engage to interlock with or cause to come into frictional driving contact with 0
  • verb transitive engage to mesh together 0
  • verb transitive engage to entangle; ensnare 0
  • intransitive verb engage to pledge oneself; promise; undertake; agree 0
  • intransitive verb engage to occupy or involve oneself; take part; be active 0
  • intransitive verb engage to enter into conflict 0
  • intransitive verb engage to interlock; mesh 0
  • adjective engage committed to supporting some aim, cause, etc. 0
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