"engage" meaning in English

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      "form": "engages",
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      "form": "engaged",
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      "form": "engaged",
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    {
      "form": "engaging",
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  "hyphenation": "en‧gage",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Verbs",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My broken foot left me with few athletic activities that I could engage in."
        },
        {
          "text": "Most of the men did not engage in casual sex."
        },
        {
          "text": "Both employees engaged in behavior that didn't belong in the workplace."
        },
        {
          "text": "Should United States forces engage in fighting in these situations?"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "If you engage in an activity, you do it."
      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Teachers are always thinking of ways to engage students."
        }
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        "If you engage somebody, you get and keep their attention."
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        "transitive"
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      "glosses": [
        "If you engage somebody, you hire them."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He reaches up and throws a red-handled lever to engage the black iron gears."
        }
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        "If you engage a part of a machine, you make it contact another part so that they both move."
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      "glosses": [
        "If an army engages an enemy, they start fighting."
      ],
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        "transitive & intransitive"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪn'geɪʤ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-engage.ogg",
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        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "engage"
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      "form": "engaged",
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    },
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      "form": "engaged",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
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    },
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        "present",
        "participle"
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  "hyphenation": "en‧gage",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Intransitive verbs",
        "Verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My broken foot left me with few athletic activities that I could engage in."
        },
        {
          "text": "Most of the men did not engage in casual sex."
        },
        {
          "text": "Both employees engaged in behavior that didn't belong in the workplace."
        },
        {
          "text": "Should United States forces engage in fighting in these situations?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you engage in an activity, you do it."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
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        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Teachers are always thinking of ways to engage students."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you engage somebody, you get and keep their attention."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "Formal",
        "Transitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "If you engage somebody, you hire them."
      ],
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        "transitive",
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        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He reaches up and throws a red-handled lever to engage the black iron gears."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you engage a part of a machine, you make it contact another part so that they both move."
      ],
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        "transitive & intransitive"
      ]
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        "If an army engages an enemy, they start fighting."
      ],
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        "transitive & intransitive"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ɪn'geɪʤ/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-engage.ogg",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "engage"
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