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- DictionaryEn·gaged/inˈɡājd/
adjective
- 1. busy; occupied: "I told him I was otherwise engaged"
- 2. having formally agreed to marry: "she was engaged to a lecturer"
Engaged definition: busy or occupied; involved. See examples of ENGAGED used in a sentence.
ENGAGE definition: 1. to employ someone: 2. to interest someone in something and keep them thinking about it: 3. to…. Learn more.
to attach or secure. Obsolete. to entangle or involve. verb (used without object) , en·gaged, en·gag·ing. to occupy oneself; become involved: to engage in business or politics. to take employment: She engaged in her mother's business. to pledge one's word; assume an obligation: I was unwilling to engage on such terms.
to become involved, or have contact, with someone or something: She's an intelligent child but in class she doesn't really engage. engage with Just stay out of his way as much as possible, and don't engage with him. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. engage verb (FIT TOGETHER) [ I or T ]
Engaged means fully occupied or having your full attention. An engaged reader really focuses on the words and maybe even jots down questions or comments in the pages' margins. If you're busy or involved with something, you're engaged in it.
(formal) busy doing something; involved with somebody/something in an active and interested way. I can't come to dinner on Tuesday—I'm otherwise engaged (= I have already arranged to do something else). engaged in something They were engaged in conversation. to be engaged in dialogue/discussion/debate.
[transitive] (formal) to employ a person, company, etc. to do a particular job. engage somebody/something She has already engaged a lawyer. We will have to engage the services of a translator. engage somebody/something as something He was immediately engaged as a consultant.
