engagement
/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ.mənt/ noun B2- An appointment, especially to speak or perform. · The lecturer has three speaking engagements this week.· prior engagement
- Connection or attachment. · Check the gears for full engagement before turning the handle.
- The feeling of being compelled, drawn in, connected to what is happening, interested in what will happen next.
- The period of time when marriage is planned or promised. · We are enjoying a long engagement, but haven't yet set a date.
- In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities. · The engagement resulted in many casualties.
- The point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades, or to make an effective attack during an encounter. · After engagement it quickly became clear which of the fencers was going to prevail.
- A performance metric representing an instance where a user interacts with some content after an impression.
- The quantitative response to a piece of content or a service; attention.
Plural engagements
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“I am perfectly ready, I assure you, to keep my engagement; and, when your sister is recovered, you shall, if you please, name the very day of the ball.
As no objection was made to the young people’s engagement with their aunt, and all Mr.
I think it is no sacrifice to join occasionally in evening engagements.
Bennet, with great politeness and cordiality, said how happy they should be to see him at Longbourn again, whenever his other engagements might allow him to visit them.
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