engagement

Meanings

• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
  • "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
• a meeting arranged in advance
• a mutual promise to marry
• the act of giving someone a job
• employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
• contact by fitting together
  • "the engagement of the clutch"
• the act of sharing in the activities of a group
  • "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"

Synonyms

appointment, battle, betrothal, booking, conflict, date, employment, fight, interlocking, involution, involvement, mesh, meshing, participation, troth