"engaging" meaning in All languages combined

See engaging on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/, /ɪŋˈɡeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-engaging.ogg [US] Forms: more engaging [comparative], most engaging [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪdʒɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} engaging (comparative more engaging, superlative most engaging)
  1. Tending to engage attention or interest; engrossing, interesting; enthralling. Synonyms (that engages the attention): absorbing, compelling, engrossing, enthralling, interesting Translations (that engages; engrossing): интересен (interesen) (Bulgarian), привлекателен (privlekatelen) (Bulgarian), lumoava (Finnish), cativante (Portuguese), engajador (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-engaging-en-adj-r8f5uIe6 Disambiguation of 'that engages the attention': 84 16 Disambiguation of 'that engages; engrossing': 74 26
  2. Charming; attractive, especially of a manner or behaviour. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms (charming): appealing, attractive, sweet Translations (charming): мил (mil) (Bulgarian), очарователен (očarovatelen) (Bulgarian), 迷人 (mírén) (Chinese Mandarin), hurmaava (Finnish), viehättävä (Finnish), einnehmend (German), turipū (Maori)
    Sense id: en-engaging-en-adj-RsyiCA87 Disambiguation of Personality: 28 52 11 9 Disambiguation of 'charming': 5 95 Disambiguation of 'charming': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: engagingness, unengaging

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/, /ɪŋˈɡeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-engaging.ogg [US] Forms: engagings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪdʒɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} engaging (countable and uncountable, plural engagings)
  1. The act of engaging with something; engagement. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-engaging-en-noun-x44j0ei6

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/, /ɪŋˈɡeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-engaging.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -eɪdʒɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} engaging
  1. present participle and gerund of engage Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: engage
    Sense id: en-engaging-en-verb-NKpvpWVQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 18 3 58

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "engaging (countable and uncountable, plural engagings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "en‧gag‧ing"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, Andrew Kennedy, Inside the mind of Andrew: Blogs from 2016, page 14",
          "text": "If you dig deeper into the criminal engagings of Hillary Clinton, you might perhaps end up at the Clinton Foundation. Look at what the Clinton foundation actually does with its money (or doesn't do) or even worse, who has donated large sums of money.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of engaging with something; engagement."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "engagement",
          "engagement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪŋˈɡeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪdʒɪŋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-engaging.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ca/En-us-engaging.ogg/En-us-engaging.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/En-us-engaging.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "engaging"
}

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