"engaged" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒd/, /ɛnˈɡeɪd͡ʒd/ Audio: en-us-engaged.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -eɪdʒd Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} engaged (not comparable)
  1. Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Marriage Synonyms: affianced, betrothed Translations (agreed to be married): مَخْطُوب (maḵṭūb) [masculine] (Arabic), مَخْطُوبَة (maḵṭūba) [feminine] (Arabic), նշանված (nšanvac) (Armenian), сгоден (sgoden) (Bulgarian), promès (Catalan), 訂婚了 (Chinese Mandarin), 订婚了 (dìnghūn le) [verb] (Chinese Mandarin), zasnoubený [masculine] (Czech), zasnoubená [feminine] (Czech), forlovet (Danish), verloofd (Dutch), kihloissa (Finnish), kihloihin (Finnish), fiancé [masculine] (French), fiancée [feminine] (French), verlobt (German), מאורס (m'orás) (Hebrew), jegyes (Hungarian), eljegyzett (Hungarian), el van jegyezve (Hungarian), geallta (Irish), fidanzato [masculine] (Italian), fidanzata [feminine] (Italian), impegnato [masculine] (Italian), impegnata [feminine] (Italian), 婚約している (kon'yaku-shite iru) (alt: こんやくしている) [verb] (Japanese), forlovet (Norwegian Bokmål), forlove seg (english: to get engaged) (Norwegian Bokmål), narzeczony [masculine] (Polish), narzeczona [feminine] (Polish), noivo (Portuguese), logodit (Romanian), помо́лвленный (pomólvlennyj) [masculine] (Russian), помо́лвленная (pomólvlennaja) [feminine] (Russian), обручённый (obručónnyj) (Russian), обручённая (obručónnaja) [feminine] (Russian), zasnúbený [masculine] (Slovak), zasnúbená [feminine] (Slovak), comprometido (Spanish), förlovad (Swedish), nişanlı (Turkish), sözlü (Turkish), פֿאַרקנסט (farknast) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-engaged-en-adj-jhf1TSPg Disambiguation of Marriage: 44 0 0 13 0 18 5 4 5 13 Disambiguation of 'agreed to be married': 52 7 7 10 4 1 6 4 9
  2. Busy or employed. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-engaged-en-adj-R0JShfQA
  3. Greatly interested. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-engaged-en-adj-06DbvPPl
  4. (British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls. Tags: British, not-comparable Synonyms: busy [US] Translations (already involved in a telephone call): зает (zaet) (Bulgarian), comunicant (Catalan), 使用中的 (shǐyòngzhōng-de) (Chinese Mandarin), optaget (Danish), bezet (Dutch), in gesprek (Dutch), varattu (Finnish), engagé (French), besetzt (German), foglalt (Hungarian), gafa (Irish), 使用中 (shiyōchū) (alt: しようちゅう) (Japanese), ocupado (Portuguese), за́нятый (zánjatyj) (Russian), comunicado [Spain] (Spanish), ocupado [Latin-America] (Spanish), upptagen (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-engaged-en-adj-BJyMeBW9 Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'already involved in a telephone call': 3 1 3 82 1 4 1 2 2
  5. (architecture, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-engaged-en-adj-zHppmmq- Topics: architecture
  6. (of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-engaged-en-adj-edHrRffW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 1 1 8 1 29 8 9 9 22
  7. (military) being attacked or attacking Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-engaged-en-adj-VVwg9Tdk Topics: government, military, politics, war
  8. (medicine, of a foetus) Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-engaged-en-adj-Lt8f9-7u Topics: medicine, sciences
  9. Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”) Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: engagé [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-engaged-en-adj-eOgnkYe7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: engaged column, engaged tone, otherwise engaged Related terms: engage, engagement

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒd/, /ɛnˈɡeɪd͡ʒd/ Audio: en-us-engaged.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -eɪdʒd Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} engaged
  1. simple past and past participle of engage Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: engage
    Sense id: en-engaged-en-verb-oGwP1~wz Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 1 2 9 2 20 7 8 9 33

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          "sense": "agreed to be married",
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          "sense": "agreed to be married",
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          "sense": "agreed to be married",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "sense": "agreed to be married",
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "agreed to be married",
          "word": "geallta"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "agreed to be married",
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          "sense": "agreed to be married",
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          "sense": "agreed to be married",
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          "alt": "こんやくしている",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kon'yaku-shite iru",
          "sense": "agreed to be married",
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          "sense": "agreed to be married",
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          "_dis1": "52 7 7 10 4 1 6 4 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "agreed to be married",
          "word": "noivo"
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          "_dis1": "52 7 7 10 4 1 6 4 9",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "agreed to be married",
          "word": "logodit"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pomólvlennyj",
          "sense": "agreed to be married",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "помо́лвленный"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pomólvlennaja",
          "sense": "agreed to be married",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obručónnyj",
          "sense": "agreed to be married",
          "word": "обручённый"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obručónnaja",
          "sense": "agreed to be married",
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "agreed to be married",
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          "word": "zasnúbený"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "agreed to be married",
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "agreed to be married",
          "word": "comprometido"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "agreed to be married",
          "word": "förlovad"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "agreed to be married",
          "word": "nişanlı"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "agreed to be married",
          "word": "sözlü"
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "farknast",
          "sense": "agreed to be married",
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          "roman": "zaet",
          "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
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          "code": "ca",
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          "word": "comunicant"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shǐyòngzhōng-de",
          "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
          "word": "使用中的"
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        {
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
          "word": "optaget"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
          "word": "bezet"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
          "word": "in gesprek"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
          "word": "varattu"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 3 82 1 4 1 2 2",
          "code": "fr",
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
          "word": "foglalt"
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          "_dis1": "3 1 3 82 1 4 1 2 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
          "word": "gafa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 3 82 1 4 1 2 2",
          "alt": "しようちゅう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shiyōchū",
          "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
          "word": "使用中"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 3 82 1 4 1 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
          "word": "ocupado"
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    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
      "word": "comunicant"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǐyòngzhōng-de",
      "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
      "word": "使用中的"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
      "word": "optaget"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
      "word": "bezet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
      "word": "in gesprek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
      "word": "varattu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
      "word": "engagé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
      "word": "besetzt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
      "word": "foglalt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
      "word": "gafa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しようちゅう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shiyōchū",
      "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
      "word": "使用中"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
      "word": "ocupado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zánjatyj",
      "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
      "word": "за́нятый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "comunicado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America"
      ],
      "word": "ocupado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "already involved in a telephone call",
      "word": "upptagen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "engaged"
}

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