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ENGAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does engage mean? 

ENGAGE (verb)
  The verb ENGAGE has 10 senses:

1. carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
2. engage or engross wholly
3. engage or hire for work
4. ask to represent; of legal counsel
5. give to in marriage
6. get caught
7. carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
8. hire for work or assistance
9. engage for service under a term of contract
10. keep engaged

  Familiarity information: ENGAGE used as a verb is familiar.


 Dictionary entry details 


ENGAGE (verb)


Sense 1engage [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

engage; pursue; prosecute

Context examples:

She pursued many activities / They engaged in a discussion

Hypernyms (to "engage" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "engage"):

politick (engage in political activities)

close (engage at close quarters)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something


Sense 2engage [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Engage or engross wholly

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

engage; engross; occupy; absorb

Context example:

Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely

Hypernyms (to "engage" is one way to...):

interest (excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "engage"):

involve (occupy or engage the interest of)

consume (engage fully)

rivet (hold (someone's attention))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

They engage themselves
The performance is likely to engage Sue


Sense 3engage [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Engage or hire for work

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

hire; employ; engage

Context examples:

They hired two new secretaries in the department / How many people has she employed?

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "engage"):

featherbed (hire more workers than are necessary)

fill (appoint someone to (a position or a job))

engage (ask to represent; of legal counsel)

ship (hire for work on a ship)

contract; sign; sign on; sign up (engage by written agreement)

rat (employ scabs or strike breakers in)

farm out; job; subcontract (arranged for contracted work to be done by others)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody


Sense 4engage [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Ask to represent; of legal counsel

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

I'm retaining a lawyer

Hypernyms (to "engage" is one way to...):

employ; engage; hire (engage or hire for work)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody


Sense 5engage [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Give to in marriage

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

affiance; betroth; plight; engage

Hypernyms (to "engage" is one way to...):

vow (make a vow; promise)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP


Sense 6engage [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Get caught

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

make sure the gear is engaged

Hypernyms (to "engage" is one way to...):

touch (make physical contact with, come in contact with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "engage"):

lock (become rigid or immoveable)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Antonym:

disengage (become free)


Sense 7engage [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

wage; engage

Context example:

Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe

Hypernyms (to "engage" is one way to...):

contend; fight; struggle (be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "engage"):

offer; provide; put up (mount or put up)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP


Sense 8engage [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Hire for work or assistance

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

enlist; engage

Context example:

engage aid, help, services, or support

Hypernyms (to "engage" is one way to...):

procure; secure (get by special effort)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "engage"):

recruit (seek to employ)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody


Sense 9engage [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Engage for service under a term of contract

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

rent; hire; charter; lease; engage; take

Context examples:

We took an apartment on a quiet street / Let's rent a car / Shall we take a guide in Rome?

Hypernyms (to "engage" is one way to...):

acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody


Sense 10engage [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Keep engaged

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

mesh; lock; operate; engage

Context example:

engaged the gears

Hypernyms (to "engage" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "engage"):

flip; switch; throw (cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation)

ride (keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

disengage (release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles)


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