engage
Phonetic
US /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/UK /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/
Translations
VERBTo interact socially.
To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied., To interact socially.
To draw into conversation., To interact socially.
To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone)., To interact antagonistically.
To enter into conflict with (an enemy)., To interact antagonistically.
To enter into battle., To interact contractually.
To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.)., To interact contractually.
To guarantee or promise (to do something)., To interact contractually.
To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive)., To interact contractually.
To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land)., To interact mechanically.
To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch)., To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in)., To entangle., To interact mechanically.
To come into gear with.
Variants
- engages: Third Person Singular
- engaging: Present Participle
- engaged: Past Participle, Past Tense
Examples
Rather, they call on readers to engage in the glacial slog of constitutional reform
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to engage a drive belt that set the vehicle in motion
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Sharing Scout and Jem's perspective, the reader is allowed to engage in relationships with the conservative antebellum Mrs.
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Let reverend Priam in the engage(搞),
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As for the ribcage, when you brace properly (breathe + expand front/sides/back, engage + lock down) your ribcage should almost lock down, as if you're shortening yourself.
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