"engaged" meaning in English

See engaged in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/ Audio: en-us-engaged.ogg [US] Forms: engaged [positive], more engaged [comparative], most engaged [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you are engaged in something, you are interested in it.
    Sense id: simple-engaged-en-adj-hS9v-8fv
  2. If you are engaged in something, you do it.
    Sense id: simple-engaged-en-adj-OPT2oTuj
  3. If two people are engaged, they have promised to marry each other.
    Sense id: simple-engaged-en-adj-AxIbdOzt
  4. If the telephone is engaged, it is being used.
    Sense id: simple-engaged-en-adj-tzm0O5vj

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/ Audio: en-us-engaged.ogg [US] Forms: engage [canonical], engages [third-person, singular], engaged [past], engaged [past, participle], engaging [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|engag|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The past tense and past participle of engage.
    Sense id: simple-engaged-en-verb-RHmJ8xaK
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