Engagement

Noun

 * 1)  an appointment, especially to speak or perform
 * 2)  connection or attachment
 * 3) (countable or uncountable) the period of time when marriage is planned or promised
 * 4) In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities.

Adjectives for Engagement
binding; alleged; partial; bloody; obstinate; quasi-voluntary; pecuniary; long-standing; memorable; indecisive; pressing; wordy; professional.

Verbs for Engagement
agree upon—; announce—; anticipate—; arrange for—; attend—; break—; cancel—; celebrate—; contract—; defer—; desire—; enroll—; free from—; fulfill—; liberate from—; obtain—; prolong—; release from—; terminate—; —affiances; —betroths; — binds; —pairs; —pledges; —surprises.

Synonyms for Engagement
betrothal, espousal, plighting, pledge, obligation, consenting, bond, compact, appointment, encounter, commitment, battle

Derived terms

 * engagement ring

Thesaurus
preoccupation, profound thought, program, project, promise, proposal, proposition, quid pro quo, rally, rapt attention, recognizance, relation, rencontre, rendezvous, reservation, retainment, run, sales talk, salesmanship, second job, seesaw, selling, service, sharing, single-mindedness, situation, snow job, soft soap, solicitation, spot, stand, station, studiousness, study, suasion, submersion, suffrage, sweet talk, taking on, task, tenure, test, tilt, tit for tat, tour, tournament, tourney, trial, troth, tryst, understanding, undertaking, vacancy, vaudeville circuit, venture, verbal agreement, visit, voting, wheedling, word, work, working on, absorbed attention, absorption, action, affair, affiance, agreement, allurement, alternation, application, appointment, arrangement, assignation, association, attempt, banns, banns of matrimony, bargain, battle, berth, bespeaking, betrothal, betrothing, betrothment, billet, blandishment, blind date, booking, borscht circuit, bout, briefing, business, cajolement, cajolery, circuit, coaction, coaxing, cochairmanship, combat, commission, commitment, complementary distribution, complicity, concentration, concours, concurrence, condominium, conflict, conning, contemplation, contest, contract, contribution, cooperation, copartnership, copartnery, cotenancy, covenant, date, deal, deep study, deep thought, derby, double date, effort, embarrassment, employment, encounter, engagement book, engaging, engrossment, enlistment, enmeshment, entanglement, enterprise, espousal, exhortation, fight, game, games, get-together, gig, go, gymkhana, handfasting, having a part, hiring, hortation, immersion, implication, inclusion, incumbency, inducement, intentness, interaction, interchange, intercommunication, intercourse, interlacing, intermeshing, interplay, intertwining, interview, interweaving, interworking, invitation, involution, involvement, jawboning, job, joint chairmanship, joint control, joint ownership, joint tenancy, joust, lobbying, marriage contract, marriage proposal, match, matching, meditation, meet, meeting, mesh, meshing, monomania, moonlighting, obligation, obsession, offer of marriage, office, opening, operation, partaking, participation, partnership, persuasion, place, plan, playing engagement, pledge, plight, plighted faith, plighted troth, position, post, preaching, preachment, preengagement,

Etymology
engagement

Translations

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 * Romanian: logodire


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Noun

 * 1) commitment
 * 2) engagement