Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - engaged
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Engaged
engaged
~ adj 1 having agreed to get married (They've been engaged for six months.) (Have you met the man she's engaged to?) get engaged (=agree to marry someone) (Siobhan and Ray have just got engaged.) 2 BrE an engaged telephone is being used; busy1 (7) AmE (engaged line/number) (I can't get through - her line's engaged. | engaged tone (=the sound you hear when the telephone is engaged)) 3 a public toilet that is engaged is being used (- opposite vacant (1)) 4 be otherwise engaged formal to be unable to do something because you have arranged to do something else
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1. Someone who is engaged in or engaged on a particular activity is doing that thing. (FORMAL) They found the three engaged in target practice. ...the various projects he was engaged on. ADJ: v-link ADJ in/on n 2. When two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry each other. We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday... ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ to n 3. If a telephone or a telephone line is engaged, it is already being used by someone else so that you are unable to speak to the person you are phoning. (BRIT; in AM, use busy) The line is engaged... ADJ: v-link ADJ 4. If a public toilet is engaged, it is already being used by someone else. (BRIT; in AM, usually use occupied) ADJ: v-link ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
adjective Date: 1629 1. involved in activity ; occupied, busy 2. pledged to be married ; betrothed 3. greatly interested ; committed 4. involved especially in a hostile encounter 5. partly embedded in a wall an ~ column 6. being in gear ; meshed ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
adj. 1 under a promise to marry. 2 a occupied, busy. b reserved, booked. 3 Brit. (of a telephone line) unavailable because already in use. Phrases and idioms engaged signal (or tone) Brit. a sound indicating that a telephone line is engaged. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
прил. занятый - be engaged - cargo engaged for the vessel - engaged in services - engaged in trade - person engaged Syn: busy ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
5.
1. обрученный, помолвленный engaged couple —- обрученные, жених и невеста 2. занятый, занятой the engaged signal —- сигнал "занято" 3. занимающий определенную позицию (в идеологической борьбе) engaged poetry —- гражданская поэзия engaged authors —- идейные писатели ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) занятый 2) заинтересованный, поглощенный чем-л. 3) помолвленный Syn: see busy ENGAGEMENT noun 1) дело, занятие 2) свидание, встреча; приглашение 3) обязательство to meet ones engagements - выполнять свои обязательства; платить долги 4) помолвка 5) mil. бой, стычка 6) tech. зацепление 7) attr. обручальный - engagement ring Syn: see fight ENGAGEMENT ring обручальное кольцо с камнем ...Англо-русский словарь
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